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On 6 March 2024, the fourth IBDS Café was held at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Once every ten years, there is a special day within CBS: the day when, after a long and concerted effort, the most recent census is finalised.

CBS uses scientifically proven methods to guarantee the quality of its products and services.

In 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal.

Collecting climate data should be just as routine for statistical institutes around the world as collecting data on the population or the economy.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) celebrates its 125th anniversary this month.

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...

Young adults in the Netherlands face a variety of economic challenges: employers are giving out more temporary contracts, income growth is stagnating, students have to take on more debt, there’s an...

At the request of the Dutch House of Representatives, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) publishes the Monitor of Well-being and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) annually on Accountability Day in...

25 September 2023 is SDG Action Day.

The figures published by CBS on nature in the Netherlands play an important role in all sorts of societal discussions, including the current debates on nirogen and biodiversity.

Rapid digital developments have transformed the economy.

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

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

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recently released a new handbook, ‘Synthetic Data for Official Statistics’, to help get statistical institutes started in producing their own...

Production chains play a major role in the Dutch economy, but they are vulnerable to disruptions.

On 10 March 2023, the Council of Ministers approved the new Multi-annual Programme of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) for the years 2024-2028.

A truly international reference work, with 36 chapters covering the latest state of play in all facets of business statistics production.

On 14 March 2023, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) organised a Green Deal Workshop to focus on key issues such as climate change, energy, the environment and nature and their associated challenges and...

On 27 February 2020, the first patient testing positive for coronavirus was reported in the Netherlands; the first COVID death was reported on 6 March.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere.

The price of energy, which has risen sharply over the past year, is in the news every day.

Across the world, there is an increasing need for information on climate change and energy transition, environmental quality and circularity, and nature and biodiversity.

How does economic growth in the Netherlands affect well-being in poorer countries in the Global South?

Some 90% of all the products traded around the world are transported by ship.