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Dutch education spending rose in 2007, but by less than in previous years.

CBS and the municipality of The Hague are collaborating in a CBS Urban Data Centre / The Hague as of 26 September 2017.

Employment data, business returns, business costs and profits Economic sectors (SIC'93) in services

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) asked a committee of independent scientific experts to investigate external researchers’ use of remote access to consult CBS’ databases.

Provinces expect total proceeds from road tax surcharge to increase to by 1.4 billion euro this year, i.e. 6.7 percent more than in 2008. With 13.5 percent, the highest increase was registered in the...

‘A breakthrough in how we think about bias’ – that is how professor Jaap van den Herik at Leiden University described Statistics Netherlands (CBS) researcher Quinten Meertens’ PhD thesis...

Out-patient hospital admissions are becoming more and more common. The number of out-patient hospital admissions for chronic enteritis (e.g. Crohn’s disease) has risen far above average.

The Big Data Value Association (BDVA) aims to put Big Data firmly on the map in order to boost European economic competitiveness and societal progress

In the first three quarters of 2008, the number of orders for debt repayment pronounced by Dutch courts was nearly 40 percent down on the same period one year previously.

In recent years, Dutch voters have been anxious about finances and the economy, but they also think their culture is under threat, according to a publication presented today by Statistics Netherlands...

The volume of investments in tangible fixed assets rose by 10.3 percent year-on-year in May 2021.

In 2020, all three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands recorded a year-on-year decrease in their goods trade deficit. St Eustatius saw the sharpest decline, followed by Bonaire and Saba.

On 30 June 2016, the Netherlands’ Presidency of the European Union came to an end.

Nearly 13 percent of pupils who took the final primary education test (Cito test) in 2005 continue their education at a higher level in the so-called brugklas (which aims to bridge the gap between...

In June 2007, the Dutch – together with the Finns and the Poles – were still among Europe’s most optimistic consumers. Nine months later, optimism has largely evaporated.

Over the past decade, the costs of the Exceptional Medical Expenses Act (AWBZ) have risen by nearly 75 percent. Important factors are population ageing, less rigid access criteria to health...

Dutch companies quoted on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange paid out nearly 18 billion euro in dividends in 2008. The total return was marginally lower than in 2007.

In 2020 – the year of the coronavirus outbreak – the Netherlands earned 25.6 billion euros from goods and service exports to the UK.

Since October last year, the Netherlands is a net exporter of electricity, because in the last quarter of 2009 more electricity was exported than imported to and from the surrounding countries.

Breast cancer mortality declined further in 2007. For the first time, breast cancer claimed fewer victims among women than lung cancer.

In May 2021, the total volume of goods exports was up by 22.2 percent year-on-year.

Of all 12 to 17-year-old asylum status holders who received a residence permit in 2014, 15 percent were enrolled in labour-oriented practical training (PRO, praktijkonderwijs) on 1 October 2018.