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Increasing use of AI by business
In 2024, 22.7 percent of companies with ten or more workers used one or more forms of AI technology.
Manufacturers less positive in April
Producer confidence among Dutch manufacturers was down in April 2023.
Caribbean Netherlands: nearly 60 percent more air passengers in 2021
In 2021, more than 290 thousand travellers passed through the airports of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba. This represents an increase of almost 60 percent on 2020, yet still a 36-percent decrease...
Citizenship in context: Naturalisation and residential environment of immigrants in the Netherlands
Dissertation on the interaction between the living environment and naturalization of immigrants after they have settled in the Netherlands.
Higher mortality in March, but level just below excess mortality
In March, around 18 thousand deaths were recorded. This is 1.3 thousand more than expected, but the level was just below excess mortality.
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...
Economic growth of 0.6 percent in Q4 2022
According to the second quarterly estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of currently available data, in Q4 2022 gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6 percent...
Dashboard on consumer prices
This visualisation shows inflation (as defined by the change in the consumer price index) for a number of groups of consumer products and services.
Natural gas consumption in 2022 at lowest level in 50 years
In 2022, natural gas consumption in the Netherlands was down by a quarter relative to 2021.
Investments over 9 percent up in January
In January 2023, the volume of investments in tangible fixed assets was up by 9.3 percent year on year.
Inflation down on Bonaire, stable on St Eustatius and Saba
In Q4 2022, consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 8.1 percent more expensive than one year previously. The inflation rate was still 12.2 percent in Q3. The decline in Q4 is largely attributable...
61 million air passengers in 2022, quarter fewer than before pandemic
In 2022, altogether 61.3 million air passengers travelled to and from the five main airports of the Netherlands.
Exports up by almost 5 percent in December
In December 2022, the total volume of goods exports was up by 4.7 percent year on year.
House price increase levelled off again in January
In January, owner-occupied dwellings (excluding new constructions) were on average 1.1 percent more expensive than in the same month of the previous year.
Far fewer COVID-19 deaths in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021
In 2022, over 8.2 thousand people died of COVID-19. This represents a sharp decline on the preceding two years.
Lower fresh water usage, sewage treatment up to par
In 2021, 4.3 percent less fresh surface water and groundwater was abstracted compared to the previous year.
Over 40 percent more asylum applications in 2022
In 2022, over 35 thousand people submitted a first application for asylum in the Netherlands.
Retail turnover over 4 percent higher in March
The Dutch retail sector recorded 4.1 percent year-on-year turnover growth. The volume of sales decreased by 7 percent.
Increase in manufacturing output prices again smaller in March
In March, prices of Dutch-manufactured products were up by an average of 1.9 percent year on year.
Business confidence up in Q1 2023
At the start of Q1 2023, entrepreneurial confidence increased from slightly negative to positive (6.4).
More sexual activity among over-75s
In 2022, 27 percent of people aged 75 and over reported they were sexually active. This was still 16 percent in 2014.
Flash estimate of inflation: December
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports in a flash estimate that CPI-measured annual inflation stood at 9.6 percent in December 2022.
Higher share of Ukrainian refugees in employment
Out of the approximately 65 thousand Ukrainian refugees aged 15 to 64 years who were residing in the Netherlands on 1 November 2022, 46 percent were in paid employment.
Economic growth of 0.6 percent in Q4 2022
According to the first quarterly estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of currently available data, in Q4 2022 gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6 percent relative...