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Fewer people work outside office hours
In 2024, 2.3 million people in the Netherlands worked mostly or always in the evening, at night, or on weekends — 23 percent of the employed labour force.
Goat population has increased nearly fivefold since 2000
In 2025, there were 592 thousand goats kept on goat farms in the Netherlands.
Economic growth in Q4 2025
How did the Dutch economy perform in the fourth quarter of 2025? The video presents our initial calculations, explained by Peter Hein van Mulligen, chief economist at Statistics Netherlands (CBS)....
Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2025
Kerncijfers over demografische en sociaal-economische kenmerken Uitgesplitst naar gemeenten, wijken en buurten
Green investment by business was down in 2024
Businesses in the Netherlands invested 39 percent less in the environment in 2024 than in the previous year
Retail turnover up by almost 4 percent in November
Retail turnover was 3.9 percent higher in November 2025, year on year.
Inflation at 3.1 percent in June according to flash estimate
The inflation rate stood at 3.1 percent in June 2025, according to the flash estimate of Statistics Netherlands (CBS).
Inflation up on Bonaire and Saba, down on St Eustatius
Consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 5.5 percent more expensive in Q1 2025, year on year
A review of smart travel survey research
Eight years of developing a general population smart travel survey. Lessons learned from two large field tests
House Price Index (HPI) 2020=100
About the survey House Price Index (HPI) 2020=100
Machine learning transport mode prediction in a smartphone-based travel survey
An evaluation of different of a machine-learning algorithms for transport mode classification in the CBS travel app.
1 in 6 students in Limburg are of German origin
In the 2023/24 academic year, nearly 22 thousand German students were attending university or higher professional education (HBO) programmes in the Netherlands.
Government deficit of 11 billion in first three quarters of 2025
The Dutch government spent nearly 11 billion euros more than it received in the first nine months of 2025
Inflation down to 2.8 percent in February
The inflation rate stood at 2.8 percent in February.
Netherlands imports and exports the most Christmas decorations in the EU
Dutch exports of Christmas decorations accounted for 40 percent of the EU total in 2024
Investment up by nearly 3 percent in September
In September 2025, the volume of investment in tangible fixed assets was up by 2.7 percent year on year.
House prices up by nearly 7 percent in October, year on year
The average price of an owner-occupied dwelling (excluding newbuild homes) was 6.6 percent higher in October 2025 than one year previously.
Unemployment remains at 4.0 percent in October
There were 411 thousand unemployed persons in October 2025. Just as in September, 4.0 percent of the labour force aged 15 to 74 years were unemployed.
Over 250,000 Surinamese have settled in the Netherlands since independence
Tuesday 25 November 2025 marks the 50th anniversary of Suriname’s independence from the Netherlands.
International cooperation high on the agenda at CBS
In June of this year, Director General Ms Angelique Berg of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) was appointed vice-chair of the Bureau of the OECD Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy, also known...
Unemployment up in November, particularly among young people
There were 408 thousand unemployed persons in November 2025. Just as in September and October, 4.0 percent of the labour force aged 15 to 74 years were unemployed.
Fewer museum visits in 2024 than before pandemic
Almost 32 million museum visits were made in the Netherlands in 2024, around the same number as in 2023
Population of the Dutch Caribbean has grown over fifteen years
According to the latest figures, the population of the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has increased by 8 percent since 2011.
Rise in poverty rate after five years of decreases
A total of 551 thousand people in the Netherlands were living in poverty in 2024