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Immigration has risen further in the third quarter.

The Netherlands was the second most prosperous country in the European Union (EU) in 2011 after Luxembourg. Bulgaria and Romania are the least prosperous countries in the EU. Relative to 1995, the...

Cultivation of protein crops such as alfalfa, field beans and soybeans has decreased this year.

Turnover sector hotels and restaurants in the Netherlands has grown faster than on average across the EU.

Last year 4.8 percent in the Dutch population reported to have diabetes.

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Welke kennis en vaardigheden hebben Nederlanders op het gebied van ICT en hoe is dat vergeleken met de rest van de EU? CBS-onderzoeker Maarten Bloem vertelt er meer over.

State of affairs regarding integration in the Netherlands: how do people with a (second-generation) migration background differ from persons with a native Dutch background and in which areas are...

In 2013 nearly one in five registered crime suspects was a foreigner. Over half of this group, one in ten crime suspects, had no fixed abode within the Netherlands. They were tourists, seasonal...

In the first six months of 2008, the population increased by nearly 30 thousand, because more people arrived in the Netherlands than left the country.

In September 2009, there were 117 thousand workers from East European EU countries in the Netherlands, an increase by 5 thousand relative to one year previously. Although the rapid growth observed in...

The value added of the Dutch manufacturing industry contracted by 2.6 percent in 2020.

Income differences in the Netherlands remained stable in 2011 relative to the preceding year. The gap between rich and poor households has barely changed since 2001.

The number of pigs fell in most EU countries in the last decade, although in some countries it increased. Pig numbers increased most in Germany and Spain. The Netherlands also saw an increase in the...

After the Fins, the Swedes and the Danes, the Dutch are Europe’s most optimistic consumers. The relatively high level of consumer confidence in the Netherlands was mainly based on positive...

No less than 91 percent of young Internet users in the Netherlands were active on social networks like Hyves, Twitter and Facebook in 2010.

Economic growth (GDP) in the euro area, EU and other countries in Q2 2016

Around seven in ten Dutch people aged 16-75 years shopped online in 2011. This figure reflects the continuing increase in online shopping in the Netherlands, and places the Netherlands among the top...

In the Netherlands, 179 billion euro ((30 percent of the total amount earned by all Dutch together) was spent on social security last year. Unemployment benefits rose most rapidly by 12 percent...

In 2007, some 80 thousand non-Dutch immigrants entered the Netherlands. Finding a job was the main motive.

According to the European definition, inflation in the Netherlands was 1.0 percent in 2009. This is the same as the average for the European Union.

The number of bankruptcies in the Netherlands is at a historically low level. Since the coronavirus crisis started, this number has been declining each quarter.