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More and more foreign students enrol at a Dutch university (WO) or university of applied science (HBO).

In the 2022/’23 academic year, almost 123 thousand international students attended higher vocational education (HBO) or a university (WO) in the Netherlands.

Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP

In the third quarter of 2023, two-thirds of pupils in secondary education aged 15 or older had a part-time job.

In the 2021/’22 academic year, universities and universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands had altogether 443,000 female students attending against 393 thousand male students.

Prevocational secondary education, pupils Level, type of education, region

Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023.

Participants Gender, chararcteristics, region

The number of young people aged 15-26 in paid work increased by 34 thousand in Q4 2023 compared to the same quarter one year earlier.

Relationship between the Netherlands and Belgium: economy, innovation, digitalisation, sustainability, trade, export earnings, labour market and cross-border commuters .

One of the most fascinating and longstanding CBS statistics is the population census of the Netherlands.

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

According to current projections by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the life expectancy of 65-year-olds will stand at 20.89 years in 2029.

The population of the Netherlands grew by 54.8 thousand in the first half of 2023. In the first half of 2022, the increase still amounted to 119.2 thousand

The population of the Netherlands grew by 19.8 thousand in Q1 2024

In Q1 2023, the five major airports of the Netherlands processed more than 14 million passenger arrivals and departures.

On 1 January 2022, there were 83.8 thousand physical shops in the Netherlands, 655 more than one year previously.

In the first quarter of 2023, the population of the Netherlands grew by 27.4 thousand. The increase was entirely due to immigration; there were more deaths than births.

Censuses are the oldest official statistic produced by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

The Netherlands now has more classic cars – cars that are 40 years old or more

Producer prices of food products were 4.2 percent lower in July than in January 2023

In 2022, the value of exported goods was 170.4 billion euros or 30 percent higher than in 2021. Goods imports rose by 182.2 billion euros (37 percent).

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In 2023, 16 percent of adults aged 20 years or older were obese

In the last quarter of 2022, 25 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and over had confidence in the lower house of Dutch Parliament, the so-called Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives).