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Inflation rate down to 4.4 percent in March
The consumer price index (CPI) was 4.4 percent higher in March than in the same month last year.
Caribbean Netherlands: 4 percent more air passengers in 2022 than in 2019
In 2022, more than 475 thousand travellers passed through the airports of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius.
Towards a new method of calculating energy prices
In 2022 CBS launched methodology research in order to find out in more detail at what prices households in the Netherlands buy electricity and gas given the wide variety in energy prices.
Household consumption over 6 percent up in January
Households spent 6.2 percent more in January 2023 year on year, adjusted for price changes. Just as in the previous months, they spent more on services but less on goods.
Housing costs of households; dwelling characteristics, region
Housing costs, housing cost ratio, skewed rent Owner or tenant, region, dwelling characteristics, periods, margins
Providing voluntary care takes its toll
More than one and a half million people in the Netherlands provide intensive or long-term voluntary care; 1 in 7 carers - about 220 thousand people - feel burdened to some extent. Most voluntary...
Number of employed in the Caribbean Netherlands continued to rise in 2022
In 2022, the employed labour force aged 15 to 74 years in the Caribbean Netherlands increased by 9 percent to 15.7 thousand relative to 2020.
Less nitrogen and phosphate excretion from livestock manure
In 2021, the total amount of nitrogen excreted by Dutch livestock stood at 471 million kg.
International trade; Imports and exports of services by country, quarter
Imports; exports; services broken down into various types of services Countries
Income under the General Old Age Pension Act (AOW).
Gross benefits received under the General Old Age Pension Act (AOW).
Supplementary Benefits Act (TW)
The Supplementary Benefits Act tops up benefits under ZW, WW, WAZ, and Wajong provisions (for sickness and disability) to the guaranteed income level. The law came into force on 1 January 1987 and...
National Assistance Act (ABW)
Law rescinded on 1 January 2004 and replaced by the Work and Social Assistance Act (WWB) . It was a social provision for financial support to people who did not have the means to support themselves....
Adult and Vocational Education Act (WEB)
Dutch act that came into force on 1 January 1996, aiming to co-ordinate the various types of secondary vocational education, apprenticeship system, adult general secondary education, adult basic...
Medical care consumption by older people in the low-income brackets
In 2006 more 55 to 80-year-olds living on long-term low incomes consulted medical specialists and physiotherapists than people in the same age category with incomes above the low-income threshold.
Health care institutions, 2006-2014
Publication of national statistics on income statements
Economic outlook positive
In June 2021, the economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become positive again.
Care spending up by 5.1 percent
In 2007, total spending on care, i.e. health care plus welfare services, amounted to 74 billion euro, a 5.1 percent increase relative to 2006.
Caribbean Netherlands: job growth over 50 percent in 10 years
Between 2011 and 2021, the number of employee jobs in the Caribbean Netherlands rose by 53 percent to 13.6 thousand. Job growth was over twice as high on Bonaire compared to St Eustatius and Saba.
Inflation at 8.0 percent in February according to flash estimate
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports in a flash estimate that the CPI-measured inflation rate stood at 8.0 percent in February.
Call for fair, trustworthy AI in the public sphere
Governments are using artificial intelligence (AI) on an ever-increasing scale and for diverse purposes, from streamlining traffic flows to tackling complex social challenges such as the energy...
Greenhouse gas emissions 9 percent lower in 2022
In 2022, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 9 percent lower than in 2021. This was mainly due to lower natural gas consumption in manufacturing, the built environment and agriculture
Relatively high budget for mental health care services
The Netherlands spends relatively more money on short-term admissions for mental and behaviourial disorders than other OECD countries. At hospitals (including GGZ institutions) expenditure on these...
Economic outlook improving
As of May 2021, the economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become less unfavourable. The economy has moved into the recovery stage.