Search results
Page 284 of 296
Dutch inflation rate down in December
According to the latest consumer price index the Dutch inflation rate reached 1.7 percent in December 2003. This is the lowest level since 1998. In November the inflation rate was 2.0 percent. The...
More and more young children grow up in large cities
In the four major cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht), the number of 0 to 5-year old children is growing, while in the rest of the Netherlands the number of young children is...
Improvement in healthy lifestyle stagnating
The lifestyle of the Dutch population hardly improved in terms of health last year. They did not make much progress with trying to smoke less, drink less, eat less and exercise more. The positive...
Share of renewable energy up to 7.4 percent
In 2018, renewable energy sources accounted for 7.4 percent of total Dutch energy consumption, up from 6.6 percent one year previously. More than half of this increase was due to higher biomass...
More spending power for Statia’s low-income groups in 2018
St Eustatius once again recorded a rise in consumer purchasing power in 2018. The median increase was 2 percent relative to 2017.
Population up by over 24 thousand in Q1
In Q1 2019, the population of the Netherlands grew more rapidly than in the same quarter last year. More than 24 thousand residents were added, nearly twice the number in Q1 2018.
Businesses face growing shortage of staff
At the start of Q3 2018, staff shortages in the non-financial private sector had increased according to the business confidence indicator. This formed an impediment to business operations across...
Share of renewable energy at 6.6 percent
In 2017, renewable energy sources accounted for 6.6 percent of total Dutch energy consumption.
1 in 3 Sabans are highly educated
Among the three islands comprising the Caribbean Netherlands, Saba has relatively many highly educated inhabitants: a share of 33 percent among 25 to 74-year-olds. This is related to the fact that...
News and calendar
CBS-ODISSEI microdata meetings
Introducing: the new StatLine
online database. It covers a myriad of themes around the Dutch economy and society
Less cargo throughput in Dutch seaports
Overview of throughput in Dutch seaports in 2016.
Higher educated mothers relatively less often single
The lowest share of single mothers is seen in higher educated women.
CBS to compile a Monitor of well-being
The Dutch Cabinet has commissioned CBS to compile an annual Monitor of well-being.
International education
The purpose of this survey is to compile up-to-date and internationally comparable data on the participation, enrolment, and pass-rates of students in education.
New fire services statistic based on 112 alarm centre
The statistic is no longer based on survey data from questionnaires but on records from the 112 emergency alarm centre.
Largest trade surplus construction services with Asia
The largest trade surplus for Dutch construction services is with the Asian continent
New dwellings; outputindices 2000=100
Price index figures and changes, including and excluding VAT
Dramatic decline fatal road accidents in 2008
Last year, 750 people died on Dutch roads.
One in 15 employees involved in work-related accidents
Last year, 458 thousand workers sustained physical or mental damage due to accidents in the workplace, i.e. 1 in 15 employees in the Netherlands. Nearly half of victims were absent from work at least...
Credit crisis deeper but not as long as the crisis in the early 1980s
In crisis year 2009, the Dutch economy contracted more than ever before. The crisis was followed by a period of moderate growth (1.8 percent). The economy bounced back faster than in the early 1980s,...
More than half of employees are 65 years or older at retirement
The average age for employees to go into retirement has risen further to 64.1 years in 2014. The number of 55 to 65-year-olds going into retirement is declining rapidly. Because the population is...
Survey of international goods trade Caribbean Netherlands
The publication of data on the foreign trade of goods of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius.