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The Emancipation Monitor describes the position of women as compared to men in the areas of education, employment, income, work and care, crime victim rates and safety, and health. It also measures...

Dossier Historical series

This archive contains all dossiers. Not all dossiers are up-to-date.

Dossier Emancipation

In 2021, 18 percent of the female population aged 12 and over were suffering from psychological complaints. This was 12 percent among the male population.

In 2020, the difference in average gross hourly earnings of male and female employees in the public sector decreased by 2 percentage points relative to 2018.

A systematic description of the archive with an introduction explaining the archive. Inventory lists of dossiers are also included.

The Emancipation Monitor by CBS and SCP shows that the economic position of women has improved.

In 2020, women in employment had an average gross annual income of slightly under 34 thousand euros. This was still less than 21 thousand euros in 1977. Most of the income rise occurred this century,...

Amsterdam Schiphol and the other four large airports recorded an increase in passenger arrivals and departures in 2017.

In 2017, 1.7% of women aged 15 years or older said they had been the victim of one or more violent crimes, against 2.5% of men. Intimidation is the most common crime among both sexes. Women report...

Dossier Business cycle

The main research findings of the economic globalisation studies by Statistics Netherlands have been published annually since 2007 in the Internationalisation Monitor. More news and figures can be...

Statistics Netherlands announced today that unemployment rose by 3 thousand people in April. This has slowed down the rise in unemployment at the beginning of the year. It is not the result of more...

Dossier European Union

Male life expectancy at birth for boys in the Netherlands was 79.9 years (2014). Male life expectancy is marginally higher in Norway, Sweden, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. Dutch girls have 83.3 years...

Dossier Population ageing

Women nowadays are more highly educated, up to age 45 even more highly educated than men.

Labour participation and economic independence of women increase in spite of crisis.

Globalisation is a process that encompasses economic, technological, institutional and social developments. This dossier mainly focuses on the economic aspects of globalisation.

Dossier Young people

Dossier Sustainable development

Labour participation by women remains unchanged

Women work fewer hours, earn lower incomes. More women in top civil sector and commercial sector positions.

Inequality between men and women in the Netherlands is relatively small compared to the other countries of the EU 27. The Netherlands has a relatively high score on the Gender Empowerment...