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Further substantial decline private sector investments
The volume of private sector investments in tangible fixed assets was 10.9 percent down in May 2013 from May 2012. The decline is slightly more substantial than in April, when private sector...
Providers of business services anticipate turnover increase
In July, business services providers anticipating turnover to grow during the next three months outnumbered those anticipating turnover to decline. The index stood at + 7 in July versus – 5 in June.
Economic outlook again more negative
The economic climate in March 2023 is more negative than it was in February.
CBS experiments with agricultural sensor data
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is continuously innovating, also in the field of business data collection. We are permanently on the look-out for new data sources and alternative ways of collecting...
Globalisation: pieces of the puzzle
Globalisation has many different aspects. A few pieces of the puzzle were put together by this symposium
Growth in EU internet sales to Dutch consumers slows down
In Q2 2021, Dutch consumers spent more than 800 million euros in foreign EU webshops.
Unemployment continues to rise
An average 518 thousand people were out of work in the Netherlands in the first quarter of 2005. This is 7.0 percent of the labour force. After correction for seasonal effects unemployment comes to...
Household consumption almost 10 percent up in December
Households spent 9.9 percent more in December 2022 year on year, adjusted for price changes.
Imports from China rising more slowly
Dutch companies increase their imports of Chinese goods almost every year. However, since 2004 the value of goods imported from China has risen by less each year.
Population growth in Q1 was around the same as last year
The population of the Netherlands grew by nearly 21 thousand people in the first quarter of 2025 to reach 18.07 million
Consumer confidence almost unchanged
Consumer confidence shows only a very small change in May 2006 compared with April. Willingness to buy has improved slightly, as consumers are clearly less negative about purchases of expensive...
Sustained job losses
The number of jobs of employees was 89 thousand (1.1 percent) lower in the fourth quarter of 2012 than twelve months previously. In the first three quarters of 2012, too, the number of jobs was lower...
Child-rearing mostly done by mothers, including working mothers
In more than half of Dutch families, parenting tasks are shared equally between the father and the mother. However, when only one of the parents takes on these tasks it is usually the mother, even if...
CBS aims to improve research methodology using AI
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) collects, processes, analyses and publishes data.
Sustained exports growth
In July, the volume of goods exports was up by nearly 13 percent on twelve months previously. This is the same increase as in June. For the first time the volume of exported goods was considerably...
Getting back to work with reintegration support (third measurement, Dutch only)
Tables on benefit claimants and jobseekers not entitled to a benefit who started a job, with and without reintegration support. Commissioned by: Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW)
Fact sheet International trade, January - August 2018
Key figures on goods trade in the period January – August 2018
On average, 65-year-old men have 11 healthy years ahead of them
Life expectancy is increasing. This applies to both genders, but the extra lifetime is not always spent in good health.
Large increase in underwater mortgages
Over 1.4 million Dutch households had a fiscal mortgage debt that exceeded the value of their own home on 1 January 2013. One year earlier this was true for 1.1 million households.