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Calculating personal inflation
The website of Statistics Netherlands now comprises a personal inflation calculator. Everyone in the Netherlands can work out his or her personal inflation by filling in the amounts they spend on...
More and more renewable electricity generated by wind turbines
Generation of electricity by wind turbines grew by nearly 20 percent last year. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS) over half of total renewable electricity in 2015 was generated by wind...
Method description Input Price Index of building costs of new dwelling, 2005=100
Statistics Netherlands calculates the monthly input index of building costs for new dwellings to monitor developments in the price level of new dwellings in the Netherlands. Starting with the figures...
Dutch inflation rate stable at 1 percent
Statistics Netherlands reports that Dutch inflation according to the consumer price index (CPI) was 1.0 percent in July, just as in June.
Exports account for one third of employment
In 2012, exports of goods and services generated the equivalent of 2.2 million full-time jobs in the Netherlands. This accounts for one third of total employment in the country.
Schedule
Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 21-25 April 2008 (Week 17).
Environmental Data Compendium
The Environmental Data Compendium is a website aimed at providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the environment, the nature and the landscape as well as spatial developments in...
Older employees: more concerned, but also most enthusiastic about their job
More and more employees in the Netherlands are worried about losing their job.
High public deficit not uncommon
Based on data over the first three quarters of 2011, the Dutch public deficit was 4.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), i.e. the market value of all goods and services produced in the...
Exports to Turkey marginally higher
In 2008, the Netherlands exported nearly 4 billion euro worth of goods to Turkey, 2 percent more than in 2007. For the seventh year running, exports have grown. Since the turn of the century, exports...
Tourism from Belgium nearly doubled in past decade
Last year, 11 million foreigners stayed in overnight accommodations in the Netherlands, an 8 percent increase relative to 2000. The largest group (more than a quarter) of tourists come from Germany,...
Number of municipalities further down
On 1 January 2014, the Netherlands comprises 403 municipalities, versus 408 on 1 January 2013.
More boys in special schools
The number of pupils attending special needs schools in the Netherlands rose by 30 percent in the period 2003/’04 – 2011/’12. The increase mainly took place in secondary education.
New method for job vacancies
On Wednesday 12 May 2010, Statistics Netherlands will publish a press release on job vacancies, with the outcomes of the vacancy statistics for the first quarter of 2010.
Energy consumption in industry
Providing figures on energy consumption in the Netherlands, excluding the construction sector.
418 municipalities in 2011
On 1 January 2011, there were 418 municipalities in the Netherlands versus 431 on 1 January 2010. This downward trend has been going on for many years; the aim of reducing the number of...
Exports to United Kingdom fall sharply
The Netherlands exported goods with a total value of 26 billion euro to the United Kingdom in 2009, a reduction by 23 percent compared to twelve months ago. The United Kingdom is recurrently found in...
Manufacturing industry expects to invest more
Statistics Netherlands’ spring survey shows that manufacturers expect to invest 9 percent more this year than in 2013.
Living Planet Index
The Living Planet Index (LPI) for the Netherlands has risen marginally in the past decades.
Greenhouse vegetables mainly exported
Last year, 4.4 billion kg of vegetables were harvested in the Netherlands. More than 35 percent of the total vegetable crop consists of greenhouse vegetables (cucumbers, bell peppers and tomatoes).
Unemployment rises further
An average 358 thousand people were unemployed in the Netherlands in the period March-May 2009.
Inflation rate drops to 1.9 percent
The inflation rate in the Netherlands dropped marginally to 1.9 percent in February 2011. In January this year, consumer prices were 2.0 percent up on January 2010.
Indigenous production, transformation and consumption of energy
To obtain monthly and annual figures regarding the indigenous production, transformation, and consumption of natural gas, coal, other fossil fuels (such as residual gases), renewable energy, nuclear...
Are SMEs ready for big data?
Recent explorative research conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) shows that only a fraction of Dutch small
Method description of the Output price index Newly built dwellings, 2005=100
Statistics Netherlands calculates a quarterly output price index of newly built dwellings (OutputPrijsIndex van NieuwbouwWoningen, O-PINW) to monitor developments in the prices of newly built...