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What is Statistics Netherlands and what does it do?
Statistics Netherlands (known in Dutch as ‘Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek’ or CBS) is a name that the majority of Dutch people are familiar with.
Public libraries
Number of libraries, collection of volumes, volumes lent out, users Type of collection, operating costs and revenues
Experiences with mixed-mode surveys in times of COVID-19 at Statistics Netherlands
This paper shows how Statistics Netherlands managed the unexpected loss of CAPI respondents in social surveys during COVID-19. It covers efforts to reduce response loss, quantifies the impact of...
Statistics Netherlands making strides in diversity and inclusion
Statistics Netherlands’ (CBS) has a highly diverse workforce that includes people of different ages, nationalities, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientation from various educational backgrounds...
Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023
Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023.
Listed monuments and historic buildings; region (2024), 1965-2023
National monuments Type of monument, province, municipality (classification of 2024)
Listed monuments and historic buildings; region (2022), 1965-2021
Rijksmonumenten Soort monument, provincie, gemeente
Listed monuments and historic buildings; region (2023), 1965-2022
Rijksmonumenten Soort monument, provincie, gemeente
Developing a material flow monitor for the Netherlands from national statistical data
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) developed a Material Flow Monitor (MFM) that captures national resource extraction, imports and exports, product flows between economic sectors, as well as emissions and...
Government Finance Statistics; key figures 1995-2023
Revenue and expenditure, net balance and debt of the general government sector, in million euros and as a pecentage of GDP.
CBS invests in statistics on climate change impacts
Collecting climate data should be just as routine for statistical institutes around the world as collecting data on the population or the economy.
Foreign controlled enterprises in The Netherlands
Number of companies, employment, Net turnover, value of output Industries/sectors (SIC 2008), country of ultimate control
Macroeconomic statistics revised for reporting year 2021
On 23 May 2024, CBS and De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) published the first results of the revision of the Dutch macroeconomic statistics
Synthetic data opens up possibilities in the statistical field
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recently released a new handbook, ‘Synthetic Data for Official Statistics’, to help get statistical institutes started in producing their own...
Ensuring the quality of statistics using scientific methods
CBS uses scientifically proven methods to guarantee the quality of its products and services.
Government Finance Statistics; key figures
Revenue and expenditure, net balance and debt of the general government sector, in million euros and as a pecentage of GDP.
The Netherlands is the EU’s third-largest exporter
The Netherlands was the third-largest exporter of goods and services among EU countries in 2023.
An attempt to measuring fossil fuel subsidies by way of official statistics
The international statistical guidelines provide little guidance on how to account for fossil fuel subsidies. In this report we explore the already published estimates and make an attempt to define a...
Population Outlook 2050: more residents born outside the Netherlands
The number of people living in the Netherlands who were born elsewhere is very likely to increase between now and 2050.
A smart Travel Survey. Results of a push-to-smart field experiment in the Netherlands
An evaluation of push-to-smart methodology in travel surveys
Historically few bankruptcies in 2022 as well
The number of corporate bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days, has increased for the third consecutive month.
125 people murdered in the Netherlands in 2023
There were 125 victims of murder or manslaughter in the Netherlands in 2023: 84 men and 41 women.
Population of the Netherlands reaches 18 million
The population of the Netherlands will pass 18 million today, according to estimates
Population forecast, Caribbean Netherlands 2024-2050
Population forecast, Caribbean Netherlands 2024-2050 Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has compiled a new population forecast for the municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands
Housing costs in the Netherlands higher than in most EU countries
People in the Netherlands spend an average of 23 percent of their disposable income on a place to live, which is the sixth highest proportion in the European Union