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People in their twenties earn more today, but are less likely to own a home
People in their twenties are leaving home later, staying in education for longer and are more likely to be employed nowadays compared to ten years ago.
Caribbean NL: lifestyle; personal characteristics
Smoking, alcohol, height and weight, contraceptive pill Sex, age, educational level
Caribbean Netherlands; students mbo by level, sector and domain
Prevocational secondary education, pupils Level, type of education, region
More people in employment in Caribbean Netherlands in 2024
In the Caribbean Netherlands, the employed labour force (aged 15 to 74) increased to 17.5 thousand in 2024
More youngsters are leaving school without any qualification
Twenty percent of young people aged 15 to 26 who were not in education in Q2 2024 had no basic qualification from secondary education.
Residents of Caribbean Netherlands are happy but have money worries
Around 9 in 10 residents of the Caribbean Netherlands gave their quality of life a score of 7 or higher in 2021.
No further increase in young people in paid work
For the first time since 2021, the percentage of young people aged 15 to 26 in paid work did not see an increase in 2024.
Agricultural nitrogen surplus higher after summer drought of 2022
In 2022, the agricultural nitrogen surplus, i.e., that part of excess nitrogen which is not fixed in animal and plant products, increased by 6.5 percent year on year to a total of 312 million kg.
SDG 4 Quality education
Latest data contributing to worldwide monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 Quality education. Appropriate and accessible education is important for all age groups and in all stages of...
Distribution of well-being: summary
Recent data on distribution of well-being by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in the population. Favourable or...
Economic cycle affects those with non-European background more than average
Men who leave education during less favourable economic conditions find it harder to enter the labour force than men who leave education when the economy is performing better.
Students with a non-Dutch background more likely to attend HAVO or VWO
In 2022/'23, 49 percent of pupils whose parents were born in another country (second-generation migrants) were advised to follow the senior general secondary education (HAVO) or pre-university (VWO)...
Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, key figures
Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education
Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, young people (15-24 years)
Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Young people (15-24 years), sex, in education or not, Caribbean NL
Public revenue 3 bn euros higher than expenditure after three quarters
The Dutch central government achieved a surplus of 3 billion euros over the first three quarters of this year.
Labour participation; young people
Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Young people (15-24 years), sex, in education or not
Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, attachment to labour market
Employed and not employed, want to work, reasons to not want to work Sex, age, level of education, Caribbean Netherlands
Research and development; expenditure and funding per implementation sector
R&D expenditure, source of funding, type of cost, implementation sector
Government deficit rose to 0.9 percent of GDP in 2024
Government spending was 12 billion euros higher than its revenues in 2024.
Less overweight and obesity among children of higher educated parents
In the period 2018-2021, 12 percent of children aged 2 to 11 were overweight and 3 percent severely overweight (obese).
Pearl Dykstra leads ODISSEI to success
In late 2024, Pearl Dykstra delivered her farewell speech at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Exports to Suriname at record level
Goods exports from the Netherlands to Suriname were up in the first half of 2025 and close to the highest level ever recorded
Twice as many women as men are outside the labour force
Eight percent of men aged 15 to 64 not in education were neither in paid employment, nor seeking work, nor immediately available for work in 2023.
Trade in goods increased in the first half of 2025
In the first half of 2025, more goods were traded internationally than in the first half of 2024.
Well-being of young adults trailing behind other age groups
People under the age of 35 experience lower levels of well-being than older people in the Netherlands.