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Fewer asylum seekers, different nationalities
In March this year 1,675 individuals were registered as asylum seekers or family members
Renewable energy consumption increased to 5.8%
Consumption of renewable energy went up to 5.8 percent in 2015.
Unfavourable shopping-day pattern keeps retail turnover down
According to Statistics Netherlands turnover generated by the retail sector was 1.8 percent down in January from January 2015. The main cause for the downturn is the unfavourable shopping-day...
Quality of the Dutch Medical Registration
Since 2011 Statistics Netherlands is responsible for the calculation of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR) for the Dutch hospitals. Since there were some indications that there are...
Dutch government deficit and debt reduced considerably
The Netherlands’ general government deficit in 2015 came out at 1.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP).
Strong growth of Dutch exports
The volume of exports of goods was up by 5.4 percent in July 2015 from July 2014. This growth is stronger than in the preceding five months, according to Statistics Netherlands, and most substantial...
CBS: Facts that matter
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) provides reliable statistical information and data to produce insight into social issues, thus supporting the public debate, policy development and decision-making while...
steady growth exports
Statistics Netherlands announced today that the volume of exports of goods was 4.8 percent up in November 2014 from November 2013. In the preceding month, the growth rate of exports was 5.1 percent....
Jobs with or without reintegration support, 2008 and 2009 (Dutch only)
At the request of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) Statistics Netherlands’ Centre of Policy Related Statistics of (CBS-CvB) determined the total number of jobs that started in 2008...
ESF participant characteristics monitor 2009 (Dutch only) - Characteristics of participants in the ESF project (provisional results)
By way of the European Social Fund (ESF), the European Commission (EC) makes resources available to help people improve their skills and hence their job prospects. In the Netherlands, the Agency of...
Robust growth investments, particularly in passenger cars
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets grew by 19.3 percent in December 2015 on an annual basis. The increase is more substantial than in...
Dutch consumers spend more on clothes and furniture
According to figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) today, Dutch consumer spending on goods and services in September 2015 was 2.2 percent up from September 2014. They spent more on...
Number of suspects by ethnic origin, provisional figures for 2008 (Dutch only)
At the request of Regioplan, the Centre for Policy Related Statistics has calculated provisional figures for the number of crime suspects in the Netherlands in 2008. The figures are broken down by...
Population, households and population dynamics; from 1899
Population, households, population growth, births, mortality, marriages, marriage dissolutions, change of nationality and migration
economic situation hardly changes
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports today that the economic situation in the Netherlands remains invariably positive. Nearly all indicators in the Business Cycle Tracer performed above the level of...
The use of within-subject experiments for estimating measurement effects in mixed-mode surveys
The estimation of measurement effects (MEs) of survey modes in the presence of selection bias poses a great problem to methodologists. We present a new method to estimate MEs by means of...
Investments up, particularly in residential property
Statistics Netherlands announced today that the volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was 6.7 percent higher in May 2015 than in May 2014.
0.8 percent turnover growth for retail trade sector in January
Statistics Netherlands announced today that retail turnover was 0.8 percent up in January 2015 from January 2014. The volume of sales grew further in January; retail prices fell slightly faster than...
Producer confidence climbs to highest level in three years
The mood among Dutch manufacturers lifted in July. Statistics Netherlands announced today the producer confidence indicator climbed to 1.2, the highest level since July 2011.
From unemployment benefit to a permanent job? People who stopped receiving unemployment benefit in 2006, by labour market dynamics in 2006-2008 (Dutch only)
Paper and erratum. The results in this report are part of a study on people who start and stop claiming unemployment benefit. This report contains figures on people who stopped receiving...
further increase in hours worked in temp jobs
The total number of hours worked in temp jobs increased was 1.1 percent higher in the first quarter of 2015 than in the fourth quarter of 2014. According to Statistics Netherlands, the total number...
Object oriented quality management (OQM), a management model for quality
CBS is looking for a suitable model for quality management. One reason is that CBS wants to manage quality in a systematic way to meet the European Statistics Code of Practice and the Quality...
highest export growth in four years
Statistics Netherlands announced today that the volume of exports of goods was 10.2 percent up in January 2015 from January 2014. This was the highest growth since 2011.
The new, fast vacancy indicator
On 11 April 2011 Statistics Netherlands introduced the monthly vacancy indicator. This indicator is representative for the trend in the number of vacancies.
Environmental accounts: mineral reserves
Statistics Netherlands compiles data about the Dutch energy reserves as part of the environmental accounts to monitor changes in the reserves over time.