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Although material well-being levels are relatively low, most inhabitants of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba are satisfied with their lives.

Income inequality households - measures for income inequality

Prices of Dutch-manufactured products were up by an average of 21.8 percent year on year.

In March 2024, the mood among consumers improved further.

A total of 36 percent of Ukrainian refugees aged 15-22 in the Netherlands were in education on 1 October 2023

The mood among consumers has improved for the eight consecutive month in April.

In 2023, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 6 percent lower than in 2022. This was mainly due to lower emissions from the electricity sector.

An estimated 13.3 million inhabitants of the Netherlands are eligible voters in the upcoming parliamentary elections on 22 November 2023. This is equivalent to 91 percent of the population aged 18...

(Subtitled in English ) A history of the oldest official statistics of Statistics Netherlands: the Population Census. How we once went from door to door with pink and blue sheets of paper to know how...

The questions concerning the population in 1930 were largely the same as in previous counts. Some new questions were added regarding the distribution of academic qualifications, as CBS researchers...

In 2022, 22 percent of Dutch 12 to 24-year-olds said they had trouble sleeping.

Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius are on the right track in terms of poverty reduction, one of the internationally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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 1960, CBS was growing rapidly and it struggled with staff shortages. The large building on Oostduinlaan had become too crowded: CBS itself had expanded significantly, and staff from other...

The Dutch motor vehicle industry generated a total of 42.5 thousand full-time jobs in the Dutch economy in 2022 due to exports.

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.

Whereas the population of farmland birds in the Netherlands has declined, dragonfly distribution has increased.

In 2022, there were altogether 33 labour strikes in the Netherlands, up from 22 strikes in 2021. However, last year’s strikes involved fewer workers, which resulted in fewer working days lost: 39...

In week 22 (31 May to 6 June 2021 inclusive), the estimated number of deaths stood at nearly 3,000.

After secondary education, young people up to the age of 25 are more likely to attend secondary vocational education (MBO) than higher vocational education (HBO) or university (WO).

In May 2021, the total volume of goods exports was up by 22.2 percent year-on-year.

In June of this year, Director General Ms Angelique Berg of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) was appointed vice-chair of the Bureau of the OECD Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy, also known...

In 2021, the purchasing power of the Caribbean Dutch population continued to rise, but less sharply than in the previous year.

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

Disposable and equivalised income, expenditures, wealth Type of household, households with low income