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Dutch manufacturers were more negative in July than they were in June.

The Eighth General Census (which included questions on occupation and housing) was the first to be organised under the responsibility of Dr Coenraad Verrijn Stuart, director of CBS at the time. CBS’...

According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.3 percent in Q3 2023 relative to Q2 2023.

Households spent 0.2 percent less in October 2023 year on year, adjusted for price changes. They bought more services, but fewer goods.

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Well-being means quality of life in the here and now, but also the extent to which that quality of life comes at the expense of the well-being of future generations or people who live elsewhere in...

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Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 Responsible consumption and production. SDG 12 goals include reducing waste, food wastage and pollution and increasing efficiency of materials use.

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A total of 98 people resident in the Netherlands drowned in open water or in their home or garden in 2023.

In October, the total volume of goods exports (adjusted for number of working days) was down by 7.5 percent year on year.

Dutch municipalities collected 8.1 billion kilogrammes of household waste in 2023, around half a percent more than in 2022

In 1960, CBS was growing rapidly and it struggled with staff shortages. The large building on Oostduinlaan had become too crowded: CBS itself had expanded significantly, and staff from other...

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Recent data on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Summary of recent progress on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and well-being aspects for each SDG. Five of the 17 SDGs have...

In October, owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 2.3 percent cheaper than in October 2022.

It’s hard to remember a time before unmanned aircraft – drones – took to the skies.

What is well-being ‘later’? Well-being ‘later’ looks at trends in resources needed by future generations to accomplish the same level of well-being as the current generation, and the consequences of...

By 1920, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) had become a large public sector institution. For comparison, when Henri Methorst was appointed Director in 1906, the organisation had five departments and...

A total of 336 thousand immigrants arrived in the Netherlands in 2023, 68 thousand fewer than in 2022.

Students in secondary education are more likely to opt for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects if their parents were also educated in science and technology.

In May 2024, the calendar-adjusted output of the Dutch manufacturing industry was 3 percent lower than it was in May 2023.

The total quantity of nitrogen excreted in animal manure in 2023 was 464 million kg.

The total volume of incoming and outgoing cargo shipments that passed through seaports in the Netherlands fell by 7.6 percent to 574 million tonnes in 2023.

Of all goods imports that are used or consumed in the Netherlands, road vehicles (including passenger cars) are the most valuable category, with a total import value of 12.6 billion euros in 2022.