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More kilometres driven than before the pandemic
Passenger cars registered in the Netherlands drove a combined total of nearly 122 billion kilometres in 2024, both within the country and abroad.
CBS invests in statistics on climate change impacts
Collecting climate data should be just as routine for statistical institutes around the world as collecting data on the population or the economy.
China is largest supplier of eight critical raw materials
China was the leading supplier of eight critical raw materials to the Netherlands in 2024.
Organic food sales up slightly in the first half of 2025
The share of organic food sales in the first half of 2025 was 3.5 percent of total food spending in Dutch supermarkets (820 million euros).
Spending by tourists rose to over €111 billion in 2024
Tourists from other countries spent 111.2 billion euros in the Netherlands in 2024.
Infoservice and Press Office: source of information for public and press
Every day, Statistics Netherlands’ (CBS) Infoservice and Press Office receive dozens of calls and emails from individuals and organisations with questions on the many themes that CBS produces...
Macroeconomic statistics revised for reporting year 2021
On 23 May 2024, CBS and De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) published the first results of the revision of the Dutch macroeconomic statistics
Energy poverty rose to 6.1 percent in 2024
According to a provisional estimate, around 510 thousand households were affected by energy poverty in 2024.
Misunderstandings due to multilingualism in the workplace
The majority of respondents (64 percent) say that when colleagues speak more than one language, this rarely leads to misunderstandings.
An attempt to measuring fossil fuel subsidies by way of official statistics
The international statistical guidelines provide little guidance on how to account for fossil fuel subsidies. In this report we explore the already published estimates and make an attempt to define a...
Ensuring the quality of statistics using scientific methods
CBS uses scientifically proven methods to guarantee the quality of its products and services.
Talking about data to young people in the Caribbean Netherlands
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is committed to raising awareness about the importance of data among young people in the Caribbean Netherlands.
Earlier estimates of quarterly economic growth and labour market
Starting Wednesday 30 April 2025, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) will publish its first estimates of quarterly economic growth and labour market indicators 30 days after the end of each quarter.
Environmental impact of the tourism sector
The purpose of this study is to analyse economic evolution in the tourism sector in relation to its impact on the environment for the 2015-2022 research period.
New SBI codes provide a clearer picture of the economy
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) will publish its first statistics using the new SBI codes (Standard Industrial Classification) in 2026.
Pearl Dykstra leads ODISSEI to success
In late 2024, Pearl Dykstra delivered her farewell speech at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
How does CBS conduct research
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) regularly asks Dutch people to participate in one of its surveys. A survey is conducted by random sampling. This video explains what this entails. Would you like to know...
Trade and industry; employment and finance per sector, SIC 2008
Trade and industry; jobs, labour volume, costs and revenues, results Industry, construction, trade, transport, personal and business services
Update StatLine after revision macroeconomic statistics
On 24 June 2024, the existing macroeconomic tables on StatLine will be archived and replaced by revised tables following the revision of the national accounts.
Enterprises with innovation; key figures
Innovators, innovators with realised innovations, co-operating innovators
Value of agricultural exports up by nearly 5 percent in 2024
The Netherlands exported agricultural goods with a total value of 128.9 billion euros in 2024
Energy poverty reduced by compensation and energy savings
An estimated 400 thousand households were affected by energy poverty in 2023, 70 thousand more than in 2022.
Government; expenditure on education and student grants, loans since 1900
Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP