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Retail sector records largest turnover growth in seven years
Statistics Netherlands reports today that the retail sector achieved a 4.7 percent turnover growth in June relative to June 2014, the highest growth rate since July 2008.
Multinational companies play prominent part in Dutch economy
Multinational companies account for 40 percent of jobs in the Dutch private sector,for two-thirds of total private sector turnover and for over 80 percent of international goods trade, as Statistics...
Number of hours worked in temp jobs increased further
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the total amount of hours worked in temp jobs increased by 2.5 percent in the third quarter relative to the second quarter of 2015. This increase is...
One quarter of couples married in the early 1990s are divorced 20 years later
One in six couples who married around 1970 were divorced 20 years later. The ratio for couples married in the early 1990s will be one in four.
Zwolle
Thursday, 29 June 2017 marked the official start of the collaboration between the municipality of Zwolle and CBS in the CBS Urban Data Centre / Zwolle.
Estimation of household income based on asset ownership
The study aims the improvement of quality of the Integrated Household Survey (IHS) of GeoStat.
Labour price index
This price index reflects labour price developments, i.e. the development of wage costs per hour worked by employees, corrected for changes in the personnel structure.
House prices in March again above the level of the same month last year
Prices of owner-occupied houses, excluding new constructions, were on average 2.7 percent higher in March 2015 than in March 2014.
CO2 emissions marginally higher in the fourth quarter
In the final quarter of 2015, emissions of CO2 in the Netherlands were 0.4 percent higher than in the same period one year previously. According to Statistics Netherlands, an important factor in...
year-on-year growth manufacturing output for fourth month in a row
According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the average daily output generated by Dutch manufacturing industry was 3.6 percent up in June 2015 from the same month last year. For the fourth month in a...
Second quarter economic growth adjusted to 3.0 percent
Figures from Statistics Netherlands put Dutch economic growth at 3.0 percent in the second quarter of 2008 compared with the same period last year.
CO2 emissions down by 10 percent in the first quarter
CO2 emissions by the Dutch economy were 10.1 percent lower in the first quarter of 2014 than in the same quarter of 2013. Adjusted for the differences in the weather, CO2 emissions fell by just 0.4...
non-food shops account for better results retail sector
According to data released today by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), retail turnover was 0.3 percent down in the first quarter of 2014 from one year previously, i.e. the smallest negative...
Cluster analysis: characteristics of groups of residents
The residents of the municipality, which in this case is Eindhoven, are divided into nine clusters based on various characteristics.
World Data Forum: from data to policy
The first World Data Forum was held in Cape Town, South Africa from 15 to 18 January this year.
Over-65s with a foreign background growing fast
The population group in the Netherlands with a non-western foreign background will age strongly in the next few decades. According to Statistics Netherlands’ latest forecast of the foreign population...
Number of households will grow by 50 thousand annually until 2025
Until 2025, the number of households in the Netherlands will grow by 630 thousand to 8.2 million, as the household survey conducted by Statistics Netherlands shows. The annual increase by 50 thousand...
Dutch society 2012: repercussions of the crisis
These and other facts are presented in De Nederlandse Samenleving 2012, Statistics Netherlands’ report on society in the Netherlands (available in Dutch only). The book gives a picture of prosperity...