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Nearly nine in ten adults say they are happy. This share has been stable for years.

Summary: Over seven in ten people in the Dutch population see their general practitioner (GP) every year; eight in ten visit their dentist at least once a year.

Participation; political favour and voting behaviour, political interest and opinions by personal characteristics

Some 2.4 million babies were born in the Netherlands in the period 1946–1955. Although births also peaked in other countries in western Europe after the war, until the mid 1950s the Dutch birth rate...

In 2017, raising the statutory pension (AOW) entitlement age resulted in savings of approximately 1.7 billion euros. The situation after raising the entitlement age is compared with the entitlement...

Health Accounts; providers and financing, with link to Dutch Health and Social Care Accounts

In 2017, more cyclists than car occupants died in traffic accidents, of whom 1/4 on an e-bike.

The median purchasing power of the population in the Caribbean Netherlands increased once again in 2016. On all three islands, the purchasing power of families with young children increased the most.

Last year, national spending on health care and welfare totalled 79 billion euro, a 6.2 percent increase on 2007.

The life expectancy of people aged 65 is increasing. According to the CBS forecast, this will be 20.5 years by 2023.

The number of over-40s with at least one parent still alive has risen tremendously over the past decade. Despite the increase, the number of households where adult children are living together with...

Over two-thirds of the income of Dutch municipalities in 2013 came from central government. Eleven percent of their income came from local taxes. Revenues from local taxes are much lower in the...

Spending on health care and welfare in the Netherlands amounted to 65.7 billion euro in 2006. This is 4.4 percent more than in 2005.

In 2007, total spending on care, i.e. health care plus welfare services, amounted to 74 billion euro, a 5.1 percent increase relative to 2006.

Dutch voters trust voting machines. They think they are the most reliable way to vote.

According to the population forecast published today, the Dutch population will continue to grow in the coming decades, to 18.1 million inhabitants in 2060.

In 2014, over 139 thousand people deceased in the Netherlands. The number of deaths from an acute heart infarct in the Netherlands has been declining steadily since the 1970s, a trend which continued...

Unemployment declined to 4.9 percent of the labour force in June.