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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is focusing more and more on the use of big data for official statistics production.

Dutch economic growth was 2.5 percent in the first quarter of 2007 compared with the same period last year. This increase was realised with one working day fewer than in 2006. The result is the same...

Last year’s government deficit stood at 5.4 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP), just under the 2009 level. The debt of the Dutch government increased further from 60.8 to 62.7 percent of the...

Gross domestic product, national income, volume change Specification of the most important macroeconomic data

Nitrogen deposition refers to the processes by which nitrogen in reactive nitrogen compounds in the air is deposited onto soil and into water.

CBS now makes statistics about road traffic intensities purely on the basis of road sensors

Charlotte Rietbergen, who has completed the research master’s programme Methodology and statistics for the behavioural and social sciences at Utrecht University, has received the Statistics...

According to the most recent figures released by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), unemployment fell by 7 thousand in March. The decline was largely due to the fact that many people withdrew from the...

Employees are increasingly less concerned about retaining their jobs; 24% in 2016 and as much as 34% in 2013.

a detailed review of the country’s position with regard to the UN SDGs

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The computation of price index numbers to measure the development of the rent increase for dwellings in the Netherlands. The price movements are calculated as the rent change in July compared to July...

Over the next two decades the number of inhabitants in the Netherlands is expected to increase by 600 thousand, bringing the total to 16.9 million. The growth areas will be primarily in the provinces...

The sickness absence rate among employees in the Netherlands has fallen to 3.8 percent in 2014, the lowest rate since 1996.

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Is it possible to combine new data sources, like road sensors in motorways, GPS data and camera footage with information from questionnaires?

Last year, Dutch expenditure on health care and welfare amounted to 83.8 billion euro.

Car trade; jobs, labour volume, costs and revenues, financial results Import, sale and repair of cars, trucks and motorcycles

Smoking behaviour, alcohol consumption, physical activity and obesity by sex and age, per municipality in the Caribbean Netherlands, 2017

the quality of these ecosystems as well as their contribution to the economy and society