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Fewer early school leavers in the Netherlands than EU average
In 2023, 6.2 percent of all 18 to 24-year-olds in the Netherlands left school without a diploma.
Population; key figures
Population: key figures by sex, marital status, age, country of origin, households and population growth
Use of pesticides in agriculture down by over 20 percent since 2020
The agriculture sector used 3.9 million kilograms of crop protection products in 2024, a decrease of more than 22 percent since 2020
Economic growth in Q3 2024
How did the Dutch economy do in the third quarter of 2024? The video presents our initial calculations, as explained by CBS’s chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen. Subtitles in English available...
Population of the Caribbean Netherlands up by nearly a thousand in 2023
On 1 January 2024, the population of the Caribbean Netherlands stood at 30,397.
Population growth slows in first half of 2024
The population of the Netherlands grew by 39.0 thousand in the first half of 2024.
Population forecast: more elderly than young people
The number of elderly people in the Netherlands continues to grow. People aged 65 and over now outnumber young people aged under 20 for the first time.
When does Statistics Netherlands publish new national accounts figures?
When does Statistics Netherlands publish new national accounts figures?
Population; households and population dynamics; from 1899
Population, households, population growth, births, mortality, marriages, marriage dissolutions, change of nationality and migration
Population is growing more slowly than last year
The population of the Netherlands grew by 77.5 thousand in the first three quarters of 2025
Population of the Netherlands reaches 18 million
The population of the Netherlands will pass 18 million today, according to estimates
Most immigrants to the Caribbean Netherlands leave within seven years
Between 2011 and 2016, 8.7 thousand people who were not born in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands came to live in the Caribbean Netherlands.
The Caribbean Netherlands in Numbers 2024
The Caribbean Netherlands in Numbers 2024 offers an overview of the latest figures on the economy and society in the Caribbean Netherlands.
Dutch economy grows fractionally in second quarter of 2025
According to the first estimate from Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on the data currently available, gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.1 percent in Q2 2025 relative to the previous...
Dutch economy grows by 0.5 percent in Q4 2025
Gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.5 percent in Q4 2025 relative to the previous quarter.
Nearly 300 thousand family businesses in the Netherlands
There were nearly 300 thousand family-owned businesses in the Netherlands at the beginning of 2022.
Residents of Caribbean Netherlands are happy but have money worries
Around 9 in 10 residents of the Caribbean Netherlands gave their quality of life a score of 7 or higher in 2021.
Turnover in accommodation and food services sector up by 3.3 percent in Q3
Turnover in the accommodation and food services sector was up by 3.3 percent in Q3 2025, year on year.
Population forecast, Caribbean Netherlands 2024-2050
Population forecast, Caribbean Netherlands 2024-2050 Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has compiled a new population forecast for the municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands
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frequently asked questions about Int. Trade in Goods
What is Statistics Netherlands and what does it do?
Statistics Netherlands (known in Dutch as ‘Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek’ or CBS) is a name that the majority of Dutch people are familiar with.
Most family migrants stay in the Netherlands
Migrants coming to the Netherlands to join other family members made up nearly one-third of all non-EU/EFTA immigrants arriving in the Netherlands between 1999 and 2023
Population trends in the Caribbean Netherlands Suptitulo Papiamentu
How has the population in the Caribbean Netherlands developed? And what are the expectations for the future?
Negotiated wages up by 5 percent in 2025
In 2025, the hourly wage rates agreed under collective labour agreements were 5.0 percent higher than in 2024, on average.