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In 2022, 467 thousand young people in the Netherlands received some form of youth care. This is approximately the same number as in the previous year. It means that 10.5 percent of all young people...

Wealth distribution of households Characteristics of households

CBS could rely on routine to conduct a new census. It retained the questions from the previous census, editing them only here and there.

The price index for existing own dwellings (in Dutch PBK) aims to reflect the changes in prices of the sold existing own dwellings. The dwelling must be located on Dutch territory and sold to a...

Well-being means quality of life in the here and now, but also the extent to which that quality of life comes at the expense of the well-being of future generations or people who live elsewhere in...

Latest figures on distribution of well-being ‘here and now’. How is well-being distributed in terms of society? Well-being includes people having opportunities to participate in society and living in...

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has made plans for the future based on discussions with stakeholders. The results are described in this Multi-annual Programme for 2024-2028.

As of 1 January 2023, 10.7 million people aged 18 years and over had recorded their organ donation choice in the Donor Register.

In 2023, in 13 percent of families with children under 18 only the father was in paid work, while their partners (mostly women) were not in paid work.

The Dutch population will continue to increase in the coming years, but less rapidly than in recent years.

Young adults in the Netherlands face a variety of economic challenges: employers are giving out more temporary contracts, income growth is stagnating, students have to take on more debt, there’s an...

Using Kalman equations, we derive straightforward formulas for the total imputation variance for several imputation methods commonly used in regression analysis and (un)equal probability sampling...

The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

Labour price index; wage costs per hour worked Branches SIC 2008

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) regularly asks Dutch people to participate in one of its surveys. A survey is conducted by random sampling. This video explains what this entails. Would you like to know...

The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

The Eighth General Census (which included questions on occupation and housing) was the first to be organised under the responsibility of Dr Coenraad Verrijn Stuart, director of CBS at the time. CBS’...

Latest figures in the Monitor of Well-being and the SDGs 2023 on distribution of well-being by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not evenly distributed across...

Smoking, alcohol and drug use, being overweight, physical activity Sexual health, nutrition, giving informal care

Income distribution of different household groups in the Netherlands Source of income, living situation, household composition, age and income

In 2019, the share of minor children (under 18) witnessing their parents’ divorce or separation stood at 1.5 percent. This is equivalent to nearly 49 thousand children, 6.5 thousand more than in 1999.

Productivity: labour, capital, multi-factor productivity Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008)

The Netherlands is the world’s largest importer of solar panels. Eighty-nine percent of the solar panels come from China.

In 1960, CBS was growing rapidly and it struggled with staff shortages. The large building on Oostduinlaan had become too crowded: CBS itself had expanded significantly, and staff from other...

CBS launched a communication offensive to highlight the importance of the census. Leaflets were delivered to four million households, television and radio broadcasts informed the public about the...