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According to the first estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on the data currently available, gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1 percent in Q1 2025 relative to the previous...

According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.4 percent in Q1 2025 relative to Q4 2024.

Government expenditure amounted to 529 billion euros in 2025, and the government spent 19 billion euros more than it received in revenue.

Output prices for Dutch-manufactured products were the same on average in August 2025 as one year previously.

Labour price index; wage costs per hour worked Branches SIC 2008

What is well-being ‘here and now’? Society concerns social relations and civic participation. Social networks provide support and contribute to quality of life. A society in which everyone can...

The average rent increase for dwellings in the Netherlands since 1959

The economic picture was less negative in February than in January.

Developments, expectations and opinions of businesses Company size, confidence margins

Producer confidence declined further in May.

Ever more companies are taking steps to ensure that their customers and employees can log into their IT systems, websites or apps securely.

Excess nitrogen from agriculture rose by nearly 13 percent in 2024, to reach a total of 295 million kilograms

In 2024, 16 percent of workers were in demanding jobs with low autonomy.

Adjusted for court days, 331 businesses (including sole proprietorships) were declared bankrupt in April. That is 31 fewer bankruptcies than in the same period a year earlier, or a decrease of 9...

Business confidence has fallen for the second consecutive quarter, reaching -7.5 in the second quarter of 2025

The economic picture was less negative in December than in November.

Adjusted for court days, 271 businesses (including sole proprietorships) were declared bankrupt in March. That is the lowest number in over a year and a half.

The Dutch retail sector recorded 3.1 percent year-on-year turnover growth. The volume of sales decreased by 3.3 percent.

In the first quarter of 2025, the hourly wage rates agreed under collective labour agreements, including special remuneration, were 5.5 percent higher than in Q1 2024.

To what extent would the Netherlands be able to absorb a major shock in the short run? Would people still be able to maintain their livelihood, and how about the most vulnerable groups? Would our...

Dutch firms imported over 93 billion euros worth of goods and services from the United States in 2023.

The AI Monitor 2024 reports on the development of methods for the production of new statistics on AI, and also provides some figures on this. The full publication consists of a long read and three...

In January, 368 thousand people were unemployed. That amounts to 3.6 percent of the total labour force

The Dutch government spent nearly 11 billion euros more than it received in the first nine months of 2025

Eliminary research into in the application of Large Language Models in Official Statistics.