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In the first quarter of 2022, the population of the Netherlands increased by 49.8 thousand. This is considered strong growth for a first quarter.

More young men have started working over the past two years. For a long time, net labour participation among young men lagged behind the female rate.

In 2022, the Netherlands exported 731.4 billion euros worth of goods, of which 368.3 billion euros concerned re-exports.

In 2021, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showed a year-on-year increase of 2.1 percent. This means that the sharp reduction of emissions in 2020 did not continue.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has recently appointed its first Chief Data Officer.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 10.3 percent higher in July than in the same month last year.

According to the second quarterly estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of currently available data, in Q4 2022 gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6 percent...

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has made plans for the future based on discussions with stakeholders. The results are described in this Multi-annual Programme for 2024-2028.

In Q3 2023, over 3.8 thousand newly constructed dwellings were sold; nearly 30 percent less year on year.

In 2021, nearly 2 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and over reported they had been bullied in the previous year.

The consumer price index (CPI) was 3.4 percent higher in October than in the same month last year.

In Q1 2021, turnover in the accommodation and food services sector rose by 9.7 percent relative to the previous quarter.

Households spent 1.9 percent less in September 2023 year on year, adjusted for price changes. They bought fewer services and fewer goods.

According to the first quarterly estimate conducted by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on the basis of currently available data, in Q4 2022 gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.6 percent relative...

There were an estimated 30.6 thousand homeless people in the Netherlands on 1 January 2023

In 2023, almost half of Dutch people aged 15 or older said they had confidence in the European Union (EU).

Both the Netherlands and Belgium are major exporters of beer, frozen potato products (particularly potato fries) and chocolate

The Dutch retail sector recorded growth in turnover of 4.8 percent in March 2024, year on year. Sales volume was up by 4.4 percent.

In Q4 2023, the number of newly constructed dwellings increased to 6.1 thousand; 15 percent more than one year previously.

A total of 30 billion cubic metres of natural gas were consumed in the Netherlands in 2023.

In January 2023, altogether nearly 15 thousand deaths were recorded, exceeding the expected mortality by more than 1,250 (9 percent).

The first three quarters produced a positive budget balance of 7 billion euros.

Air passenger traffic quadrupled in Q2 year-on-year

In 2022, the total volume of inbound and outbound transport of goods at Dutch seaports fell by 1.2 percent to 622 million tonnes, relative to the previous year.

Between January and July 2023, the Netherlands imported almost 70 billion euros in goods from China. That is nearly 5 billion euros less than in the same period last year.