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EU's importance as US trading partner growing again
The EU’s share in the US goods trade has increased since 2013. In the first nine months of 2015, the share was 18.5 percent of total US goods trade.
Pension gender gap still considerable
The share of women aged 65 and older receiving supplementary pensions has grown considerably between 2000 and 2012, although it is still significantly lower than among men. On average, women’s...
Number of municipalities further down
On 1 January 2014, the Netherlands comprises 403 municipalities, versus 408 on 1 January 2013.
Data visualisation: a picture says more than 1000 words
The CBS wants to make its data even more accessible. One effective way to do this is through data visualisation.
The international road to new forms of data collection
CBS hosted two UNECE workshops in October, on data collection and statistics communication.
Wage gap between genders narrowing
In recent years, the wage gap between men and women has gradually narrowed. Young men’s gross wages are on average approximately 10 percent higher than the wages of their female counterparts.
More Dutch and European young adults living at home
In 2017, there were relatively more people in their late twenties living with their parents in the Netherlands than in 2010. This also holds true for most other EU countries.
Explosive growth in use of CBS open data
More than 3.2 million CBS open data retrievals in the second quarter of 2018 alone
Caribbean Netherlands: income inequality lowest on Saba
Of the three Caribbean islands), Saba had the lowest income inequality in 2014.
Population Caribbean Netherlands stable
On 1 January 2016 the population of the Caribbean Netherlands totalled 24,548 inhabitants.
Germany's labour market in better shape compared to its western neighbours
In comparison with the Netherlands and Belgium, Germany’s labour market has seen a particularly positive development over the past decade. In September 2015, unemployment stood at 4.5 percent in...
Environmental protection expenditure
To obtain data on expenditure by Dutch society for protection, restoration and improvement of environmental quality.
More cars, fewer freight vehicles
The number of cars has increased sharply this century: from over 6.3 million in 2000 to nearly 8 million in 2015, a 25 percent increase. Motorcycle and moped numbers also increased, but freight...
ClairCity: citizen-led air pollution reduction
active citizen involvement in reducing air pollution and CO2 emissions
A picture says more than a thousand words
CBS wants to make its data even more accessible. One effective way to do this is through data visualisation
How CBS compiles mortality figures in times of corona
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is responsible for compiling statistics on all deceased persons in the Netherlands, along with their cause of death.
Globalisation Week presentations
How do Dutch enterprises act in response to resurgent global protectionism and to what extent has their trade been affected by (raised) import tariffs?
Modest turnover growth in the hotel and restaurant sector in the first quarter of 2015
In the first quarter of 2015 the turnover of hotels and restaurants, fast food and cafeterias and bars and pubs was up 0.3 percent on the previous quarter. The volume, that is food and drinks and...
More than 2,800 euro extra for families with children in 2007
Households with underage children received an extra 2,824 euro compensation on average through income and tax measures for families in 2007.
Fewer and fewer survivor benefits
Under the National Survivor Benefits Act (Anw), 105 thousand benefits were paid to claimants in March 2010. This is 9 thousand fewer than twelve months previously.
The intergenerational transmission of educational attainment after divorce and remarriage
Dissertation on how and under which conditions divorce and remarriage alter the intergenerational transmission of educational attainment in the Netherlands.
More roses imported
In the first eight months of last year, 2.5 billion roses were imported into the Netherlands, 3 percent more than in the same period one year previously. Kenya is by far the largest supplier.