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International trade has tripled in past 30 years, even as growth has slowed
The international trade in goods stalled in 2023 and the first half of 2024, but over the past 30 years it has grown significantly with the exception of sharp falls during the credit crisis and the...
Ellen - Director of Demographic and Socioeconomic Statistics
Ellen - Director of Demographic and Socioeconomic Statistics
Outward Fats; statistics on Dutch control over foreign companies
Outward Fats is a statistic that is made on the basis of observations at companies. These companies have the Netherlands as the Ultimate Controlling Institutional unit (UCI) and have foreign...
Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023
Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023.
CO2 emissions from households more heavily taxed than from businesses
In 2023, the average carbon tax rate in the Netherlands was 88 euros per tonne of CO2 emitted.
Statistics on nature play crucial role in national and international policy
The figures published by CBS on nature in the Netherlands play an important role in all sorts of societal discussions, including the current debates on nirogen and biodiversity.
Higher incomes in the agriculture sector in 2024
The Dutch agriculture sector generated 5.1 percent more income in 2024 than it did in 2023
1 in 10 LGBTQIA people are victims of violence
In 2023, 10 percent of LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bi-plus, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual) people were victims of violence, compared to 6 percent among the rest of the Dutch population.
Possible circumvention of sanctions against Russia by newer, smaller firms
Goods exports from the Netherlands to Russia fell sharply following the tightening of sanctions by the European Union in 2022.
Synthetic data opens up possibilities in the statistical field
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recently released a new handbook, ‘Synthetic Data for Official Statistics’, to help get statistical institutes started in producing their own...
Research series Consumer price index electricity and gas
The tables presented in this file are a supplement to the article “CBS switches to new method for calculating energy prices in the CPI”, published on 30 June 2023.
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)...
International reference work covers diverse business statistics expertise
A truly international reference work, with 36 chapters covering the latest state of play in all facets of business statistics production.
Government; expenditure on education and student grants, loans since 1900
Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP
Spending on health and social care up by 8.9 percent in 2024
In 2024, government spending on health and social care, including childcare rose by 8.9 percent to 155 billion euros.
How do we keep the earth inhabitable for humans and other species?
Climate change, chemical pollution, acidification of the oceans - these are all examples of what happens when we go beyond the limits of what our planet can support: planetary boundaries.
Decline in trade union membership continues
In 2023, 15 percent of workers aged between 15 and 75 were members of a trade union.
New calculation method from CBS helps to identify real estate bubbles
The global financial crisis of 2008 showed that it is vital to understand real estate bubbles as they emerge.
New method of measuring poverty: 540 thousand people in poverty in 2023
A total of 540 thousand people in the Netherlands were living in poverty in 2023, which was 3.1 percent of the total population
Public awareness campaign This is us!
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has launched a campaign to improve public awareness about data. CBS is responsible for collecting data and compiling statistics for the Caribbean Netherlands. It produces...
Education; education expenditure and CBS/OECD indicators
Education expenditure and (inter)national indicators. Government, households, companies, foreign, per education sector, % GDP.
More young people joining unions after years of decline
The number of union members under the age of 45 has risen after years of decline.
Impact of climate change on economic development
Report on two experimental studies by Statistics Netherlands on monitoring climate impact on economic development. Specifically, the impact of anomalous weather conditions on the economy and the size...
Environmental taxes and fees; environmental accounts
Environmental taxes and fees Taxpayers, waste disposal levy, sanitation charges, vehicle registration
HSMR 2024 Methodological Report
Methods used for the calculation of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios 2022-2024