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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...
SDG 9.3 Knowledge and innovation
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.3 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: knowledge and innovation. The third part of SDG 9 focuses on public and private sector investment in...
SDG 9.1 Infrastructure and mobility
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 9.1 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: Infrastructure and mobility. The first part of SDG 9 addresses the provisions in place to transport...
Today’s well-being increasingly comes at the expense of future generations
The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.
New research on globalisation during times of geopolitical tension
Recent years have seen a succession of global crises, each of which has led to temporary disruptions to trade around the world: Brexit, the coronavirus pandemic, the energy crisis and the recent...
Consumers in the Netherlands use 87 kilograms of raw materials per day
The resources required to enable consumption in the Netherlands totalled 561 megatonnes in 2022, which corresponds to 87 kilograms per person per day.
SDG 10.1 Social cohesion and inequality
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.1 Reduced inequalities: social cohesion and inequality. The first part of SDG 10 addresses social cohesion, inclusiveness and equality. These are...
Monitor of Well-being and the Sustainable Development Goals 2023
Summary of the Monitor of Well-being and the SDGs 2023 with an overview of trends, the position of the Netherlands in the EU27 and the most recent developments in well-being ‘here and now’, ‘later’...
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.
Area used to grow greenhouse vegetables has increased in ten years
The area used to grow the four primary greenhouse vegetables, tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and aubergines, was a total of 4.1 thousand hectares in 2023.
The container in the logistics chain
Where do the sea containers arriving in the port of Rotterdam come from? What products do they contain? By what means of transport are they then transported to their next destination (sea vessel,...
Nitrogen and phosphate in livestock manure exceed future emission limits
In 2024, 449 million kilograms of nitrogen compounds were emitted in livestock manure, a fall of 3 percent compared with the previous year.
Arable crop area up by 3 percent
As of 2023, the agricultural area devoted to arable crop farming has increased by 14.4 thousand to 549 thousand hectares.
Well-being natural capital
Natural capital relates to services that the natural environment provides to the economy, such as raw materials and recreation. Relevant aspects of this are the preconditions for these services to...
ISI World Statistics Congress 2025: The Olympic Games of Statistics
This year, the International Statistical Institute (ISI) will host the 65th World Statistics Congress in The Hague from 5 to 9 October.
585 additional organic farms since 2015
Relative to 2021, the total area under organic farming in the Netherlands this year has increased by 3.6 percent to slightly over 80 thousand hectares. This is 59.0 percent more than in 2015.
Satisfaction high in Caribbean NL in spite of low material well-being
Although material well-being levels are relatively low, most inhabitants of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are satisfied with their lives.
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2025
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality, district and neighbourhood
Economic value of nature has increased by 50 percent in one decade
The total value of ecosystem services in 2022 was over 15 billion euros, 50 percent more than it was in 2013.
Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; key figures
Birth, death, life expectancy, health and disease, use of health care services, education and labour market, costs of care, care providers
Proximity to facilities; distances by car, sub-municipal data 2024
Distances to and number of facilities: healthcare, retail, leisure, schools and culture per municipality, district and neighbourhood
Dutch smart energy meters and tourism in the Netherlands
Preliminary literature review feasibility study investigating patterns in energy consumption of Dutch tourist accommodations.
Green Deal: CBS working with partners for sustainable development data
Across the world, there is an increasing need for information on climate change and energy transition, environmental quality and circularity, and nature and biodiversity.
Marine accounts
In addition to mapping natural capital on land, Statistics Netherlands also works on measuring and understanding natural capital in the marine environment. Coastal and marine ecosystems are vital for...
Setting up a new register for biocide sales in the Netherlands
This report presents an examination of available sales figures for biocides in countries neighbouring the Netherlands and of the conditions a national sales register would have to meet in the...