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Flash estimate: inflation 1.2% in December, excluding energy at 3.4%
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports that the CPI inflation rate was 1.2 percent in December according to the flash estimate.
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)...
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.
Unemployment virtually unchanged in March
In March, 357 thousand people aged 15 to 74 years were unemployed.
SDG 15 Life on land
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 Life on land. SDG 15 concerns protection, restoration and sustainable management of all forms of life on land. Nature, wildlife and healthy...
SDG 11.2 Living environment
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.2 Sustainable cities and communities: living environment. The second part of SDG 11 concerns the surroundings in which people live. How can we...
1981
Without warning, the census of 28 February 1971 turned out to be the last. It was a success – generating 4,500 pages of tables, explanatory notes and analyses in 38 volumes, including 18 census...
Consumer prices; price index 1900 = 100
Consumer price index Year of reference 1900 = 100
Manufacturing output down by over 3 percent in September
In September 2024, the calendar-adjusted output of the Dutch manufacturing sector was 0.5 percent lower than it was in September 2023,.
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.
Electric vehicles overtake diesel vehicles among business drivers
For the first time in 2023, business drivers of passenger cars drove more kilometres in electrically powered vehicles than they did in diesel-powered vehicles (including diesel hybrids)
Investments down by over 8 percent in December
The investment volume of tangible fixed assets was down by over 8 percent year on year.
US now second-largest supplier of goods to the Netherlands
The import value of goods from the United States was more than 12 percent higher in 2023 than it was in 2022.
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.
Economic outlook deteriorates further
The economic climate in January 2024 is more negative than it was in December.
SDG 12 Responsible consumption and production
Recent data on Sustainable Development Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 Responsible consumption and production. SDG 12 concerns reducing waste, food waste and pollution, and using materials more...
Fewer bankruptcies in October
Adjusted for the number of court session days, there were 41 fewer bankruptcies in October 2024 than in September.
Economic growth of 0.3 percent in Q4 2023
According to the first quarterly estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of currently available data, in Q4 2023 gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.3 percent relative...
Inflation 3.5 percent in October
The inflation rate stood at 3.5 percent in October.
Retail turnover up by almost 3 percent in September
Retail turnover was 2.6 percent higher in September 2024 than in September 2023. Sales volume was up by 1.2 percent.
Business confidence remains negative despite slight improvement
There has been a slight improvement in business confidence, which was -7.7 at the start of Q4 2024.
Household consumption slightly up in December
Households spent 0.3 percent more in DEcember 2023 year on year, adjusted for price changes.
Over half of Dutch people work from home sometimes
Over 5 million people in the Netherlands worked from home sometimes or most of the time in 2023, representing 52 percent of all people in work
Obesity rate has tripled in the last 40 years
In 2023, 16 percent of adults aged 20 years or older were obese
Asylum requests down by nearly a quarter on Q3 2023
A total of 8.1 thousand people submitted a first-time asylum application in the Netherlands in the third quarter of 2024.