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Generally, boys perform less well than expected in secondary education, girls perform better
In secondary education, boys and girls usually comply the type of education that is consistent with the outcome of the Cito test, but after three years, many boys have moved down to a lower level of...
High share profits for pension funds and insurance companies
Pension funds and insurance companies in the Netherlands realised stock market profits of nearly 8 percent in the first half of 2005.
Women account for growing labour participation among older people
Between 1996 and 2008, the gross labour participation rate of 50 to 65-year-olds has risen from 42 to 58 percent.
SDG 13 Climate action
Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 Climate Action. SDG 13 aims to tackle climate change caused by humans. Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, countries agreed to restrict global warming...
Manufacturing output 0.4 percent up in October
The average daily output generated by the Dutch manufacturing industry was 0.4 percent up in October 2019 compared to the same month last year.
Number of unemployed drops below 400 thousand
Changes in employed and unemployed labour force, November 2017
Investments almost 9 percent up in November
Investments were up by almost 9 percent in November 2017 compared to November 2016.
Export growth over 7 percent in August
Total volume of goods exports grew by over 7 percent in August 2017.
Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Minister visits CBS
Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Minister visits CBS to discuss international topics.
Consumer price index households of wage earners (CPI-W), 2000=100
Consumer price indices households of wage earners Index figures. Consumer goods (base year 2000=100)
Dutch inflation rate marginally up
The inflation rate in the Netherlands was 2.0 percent in March, i.e. 0.1 percentage points up on February.
Household consumption invariably low
Dutch household spending was 3.6 percent lower in May 2009 than in May 2008. The decline in April was in the same order of magnitude. In the past four months, consumption expenditure has been...
Retail turnover 0.5 percent down
The latest figures show that retail turnover was 0.5 percent down in January 2013 from January 2012. Retail prices were 2.6 percent higher, volume shrank by 3 percent.
Retail turnover down
Turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 0.7 percent down in August from August 2012. Prices of retail commodities were on average 2.4 percent higher. The volume of retail sales fell by 3.0...
Growth rate exports slightly up again
In October 2010, the volume of goods exports was up by just over 10 percent on October 2009, a slightly higher growth rate than in September.
Retail turnover in decline
Turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 0.9 percent down in November 2013 from November 2012. Retail prices were at the same level as twelve months previously. The volume of retail sales...
Substantial drop for retail turnover in September
Turnover generated by the Dutch retail sector was 6.1 percent down in September 2013 from September 2012. Prices of retail commodities were on average 1.4 percent higher. The volume of retail sales...
Unemployment hardly changed
In the period April-June this year, average unemployment was 310 thousand, i.e. 4.0 percent of the labour force versus 4.6 percent in the period April-June 2007.
Retail turnover slumps by nearly 4 percent
Retail turnover declined by 3.6 percent in July 2009 relative to the same month last year.
Household spending down
Dutch households spent 1.5 percent less on goods and services in January 2014 than twelve months previously. In November and December 2013, domestic consumption had grown marginally.
Number of bankruptcies soaring
In June 2009, 520 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in the Netherlands. The number of businesses declared bankrupt in the first six months of 2009...