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By 1920, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) had become a large public sector institution. For comparison, when Henri Methorst was appointed Director in 1906, the organisation had five departments and...

Revenue and expenditure, net balance and debt of the general government sector, in million euros and as a pecentage of GDP.

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’...

There were an estimated 30.6 thousand homeless people in the Netherlands on 1 January 2023

An estimated 13.3 million inhabitants of the Netherlands are eligible voters in the upcoming parliamentary elections on 22 November 2023. This is equivalent to 91 percent of the population aged 18...

A revision incorporates the latest insights from the various (new) statistics and information sources used for the national accounts. The revision means that a new (level) estimate of the national...

According to the second estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.4 percent in Q4 2023 relative to Q3 2023.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) celebrates its 125th anniversary this month.

By far the biggest problem when conducting a census is keeping all the data confidential. The 1947 census resolved this issue by updating the forms people had to fill in.

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...

Data protection legislation came into effect in 1988, with the Personal Data Protection Act. Legislation had already been adjusted prior to this to prevent census data being used for purposes other...

Fixed capital formation by industry (SIC 2008) SIC 2008, Region

Existing own homes, price index 2015=100 Sold dwellings, average purchase price, region

An increasing share of young adults aged 18 to 29 years are still living with one or both parents.

Fixed capital formation by type of capital good Dwellings, non-residential buildings, civil engineering works, machinery

Few statistical offices were as advanced as CBS. Only Denmark and Finland conducted their censuses in the same way, using registers. Unique for the Netherlands was that it used survey data to fill...

Output price indices and changes compared to one year earlier V.A.T. included and V.A.T. excluded.

Financial balance sheets and transactions by economic sectors Sectors, balance sheets, assets and liabilities

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

On 1 January 2021, more than a third of all minors in single-parent households were living in a multi-dwelling unit (MDU), for example an apartment, ground floor unit or upstairs unit. This share is...

Price index dwellings, price index 2015=100, price development Sold dwellings, average selling price

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...

Current transactions and balancing items of institutional sectors Sectors, resources and uses, balancing items

Area and yield per crop Province