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Labour productivity in the Netherlands down again in 2024
The Dutch economy grew by 1.0 percent in 2024.
Internationalisation Monitor 2025, second edition
Globalisation, trade, productivity and employment. Figures and analyses on how the Netherlands benefits from the world. Internationalisation Monitor 2025.
New CBS research focuses on the ecology and economy of North Sea
The Dutch area of the North Sea is our country’s largest nature reserve, but it is also used intensively by maritime traffic and for wind farms, for example.
State of the economy and labour market, Q2 2024
What do the latest figures on the second quarter tell us about the state of the Dutch economy? Here is the initial analysis of our chief economist, Peter Hein van Mulligen. Content: 00:00...
Stand van de economie en arbeidsmarkt, 2e kwartaal 2024
Hoe heeft de Nederlandse economie zich ontwikkeld in het 2e kwartaal van 2024? De eerste berekening, toegelicht door CBS-hoofdeconoom Peter Hein van Mulligen Inhoud 00:00 Introductie; economie groeit...
Impact of climate change on economic development
Report on two experimental studies by Statistics Netherlands on monitoring climate impact on economic development. Specifically, the impact of anomalous weather conditions on the economy and the size...
Tourism; key indicators, National Accounts
Tourism, contribution to the Dutch economy, key indicators. Employment, value added end expenditures in the tourism industry.
Satellite account for culture and media 2022
This satellite describes the contribution of culture and media to the Dutch economy (GDP, employment, consumption etc.) for the years 2015, 2018, and 2022. In addition, the satellite describes the...
Presentation State of the economy and labour market in Q1 2024
How did the Dutch economy develop in Q1 2024? The first calculation, presented by CBS chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen Content 00:00 Introduction; slight economic contraction 00:37...
An attempt to measuring fossil fuel subsidies by way of official statistics
The international statistical guidelines provide little guidance on how to account for fossil fuel subsidies. In this report we explore the already published estimates and make an attempt to define a...
Labour continued to decline as share of the economy in 2023
The labour income share for the market sector fell from 69.4 percent in 2022 to 69.0 percent in 2023.
Economic growth is outpacing population growth
The Dutch economy was 21.2 percent larger in 2024 than it was in 2014, after adjusting for price changes
Publication revision National accounts, reporting period 2021 erratum
A revision incorporates the latest insights from the various (new) statistics and information sources used for the national accounts. The revision means that a new (level) estimate of the national...
CBS brings Dutch digital economy into sharper focus
Rapid digital developments have transformed the economy.
How to measure well being
Well-being is about the quality of life here and now, and the extent to which this is at the expense of the well-being of later generations or that of people elsewhere in the world. A short...
Estimating illegal activities in the national accounts
This article explains in more detail the latest estimate of the illegal economy for reporting year 2021. Special attention is paid to the difference between income generated within the Dutch borders...
Internationalisation Monitor 2025, first edition
Relationship between the Netherlands and the United States: economy, innovation, digitisation, sustainability, trade, export revenues, tariffs, trade duties, multinationals.
Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2024
In 2024, the population counter passed 18 million people for the first time.
Public sector was largest contributor to economic growth in 2024
Government consumption was the main source of economic growth in 2024.
CBS switches to new method for measuring business confidence
From July 2023, CBS will use a new method to measure business confidence based on the results of the Netherlands Business Survey (COEN).
Environmental impact of tourism sector remains high
Between 2015 and 2022, the tourism sector contributed an average of 4 percent to the value added of the Dutch economy.
Bonaire’s economy grew by almost 12 percent in 2021
In 2021, Bonaire’s economy grew by almost 11.7 percent after the substantial contraction of 8.4 percent in 2020.
Profits are rising faster than wages
In the period 2019 to 2023, the Dutch economy was hit hard by two shocks: COVID-19 and a sharp increase in energy prices due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Inflation at 3.3 percent in May according to flash estimate
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports in a flash estimate that the CPI-measured inflation rate stood at 3.3 percent in May 2025.
Concerns over international trade among manufacturing exporters
Among industrial exporters in the Netherlands, 95 percent are concerned regarding international trade policy in the next 12 months