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Censuses are the oldest official statistics produced by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) and they are a treasure trove of demographic and socio-economic information.

In March, confidence among Dutch consumers remains virtually the same as in the previous month.

In 2019, altogether 629 billion kg of goods arrived in the Netherlands, i.e. 1 percent up on the previous year.

The year 2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 is confirmed to have claimed 17.4 thousand lives in the Netherlands last year, and another 2.7 thousand deaths had covid-19 as probable...

In February, there were 340 thousand unemployed. Just as in January, this is equivalent to 3.6 percent of the labour force.

In February, confidence among Dutch consumers has not changed compared to the previous month

In Q3 2020, the number of first-time asylum applications rose to slightly over 4 thousand, just below the pre-COVID-19 level.

In January, there were 337 thousand unemployed, equivalent to 3.6 percent of the labour force. From November through January, unemployment declined by an average of 23 thousand per month.

Employee jobs, job volume, wage International trade in goods and services, multinationals, ownership

Children from low-income families less often participated in club activities than children from high-income families in 2006. They also went on holiday less often.

In December 2020, there were 368 thousand unemployed, equivalent to 3.9 percent of the labour force.

In January, confidence among Dutch consumers has hardly changed.

At country level, the personal well-being of Dutch people barely changed over last year.

Nearly 15 percent of all underage children in the Netherlands lived in a one-parent family in 2014. Families within which children grow up have changed in the last fifteen years. More 0-17-year-olds...

Paid employment accounted for the main income of 68.5 percent of one-parent families in 2007. This is a higher share than in 2005, when nearly 63 percent of one-parent families received most of their...

In 2011, children in primary school group eight had an average Cito (Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement) score of 536. Boys and girls in high-income families scored above average....

Of the status holders who obtained an asylum residence permit in 2014, 43 percent had a job by mid-2020.

In December, confidence among Dutch consumers has improved.

In 2008, 385 thousand Dutch minors were at risk of growing up in poverty. This means that 11.5 percent of children below 18 years of age grow up in families with incomes that do not exceed 120...

In October 2015, the number of newly registered asylum seekers and family members joining asylum seekers increased to 11.7 thousand, more than in any other previous month. The total in September was...

In November 2020, there were 378 thousand unemployed, equivalent to 4.0 percent of the labour force.

The number of underage children at risk of poverty has increased in 2011. In the provinces of South Holland and Groningen, more children grow up in poverty than in other provinces. In more than half...

2020 was the year of coronavirus. To what extent was 2020 different from 2019?

The Dutch dairy goat herd keeps growing. As of this year, the herd size stands at 476 thousand, i.e. 4 percent more than last year.

In October 2020, there were 406 thousand unemployed, equivalent to 4.3 percent of the labour force.