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A working paper in which a modular Bayesian framework is proposed to estimate the geographic location of mobile devices from mobile phone network data.

With 1.7 percent, last year’s economic growth rate in the Netherlands was significantly lower than Germany’s 3.6 percent.

Data camp participants were challenged to design visualisations to make the progress on the SDGs more tangible

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) aims to make interpretation and implementation of its figures as easy as possible for its users.

Position paper on CBS and artificial intelligence

Economic developments in Eindhoven over 2016.

Food for thought comprises a selection of facts and figures about food. Which foodstuffs are produced in the Netherlands, and which have to be imported? How much milk does an average Dutch cow...

This fact sheet shows China’s position in total Dutch goods trade (agricultural and other goods), including both imports and exports.

Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Minister visits CBS to discuss international topics.

The IM is a quarterly publication by CBS which zooms in on recent developments in globalisation

In 2019, there were 125 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands: 81 men and 44 women.

In 2018, the number of deaths in the Netherlands stood at 153 thousand. With nearly 47 thousand cases (30 percent), cancer was the leading cause of death, just as in previous years.

In 2019, over 207 thousand new enterprises were established in the Netherlands, 23 thousand more than in the previous year. The number of enterprise births within one year has never been this high.

By combining of registers and other sources, CBS offers more insight into the patchwork of SMEs

The feast of St Nicholas -celebrated with gifts on 5 December- Christmas and New Year’s Eve generate an estimated 1.3 billion euros extra for the Dutch retail trade. Toy shops in particular,...

In February 2020, the Netherlands imported 3.1 billion euros worth of goods from China.

Germany is the largest market for Dutch steel exports.

After four years of decline, the purchasing power of the Dutch population improved by 1.5 percent in 2014. All population groups saw their spending power rise in a period of slow economic recovery....

Euthanasia should under certain circumstances be allowed, according to 87 percent of the adult population in the Netherlands.

Further growth investments

The UN has established seventeen sustainable development goals for the period 2015 to 2030.

The heat wave in week 30 of 2019 caused 2,964 deaths. This is nearly 400 more deaths than during an average summer week. During the heat waves in 2006, the number of additional fatalities per week...

The Dutch long-term interest rate, based on the return of the most recent ten-year government loan, averaged 3.3 percent in April, i.e. 0.1 of a percentage point less than in March.

Retail turnover was nearly 2 percent up in May 2012 from May 2011. Retail prices were 2 percent higher. The volume of retail sales was marginally down from twelve months previously.