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

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

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.

Statistics Netherlands reviews the year 2023.

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

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.

Between 2019 and 2022, the share of renewable energy in the Netherlands rose from 9 to 15 percent.

Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Young people (15-24 years), sex, in education or not, Caribbean NL

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

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

In 2022, a total of 304 thousand passenger cars were exported, nearly 2 percent fewer than in the previous year. The Netherlands imported 249 thousand cars, representing a decline of more than 15...

In 2022, 17 percent of all children and young people in the Netherlands aged 2 to 24 years were overweight.

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).

In 2022, a total of 84 thousand employees in the Netherlands went into retirement, 12 percent less than in the previous year.

In 2022, 467 thousand young people in the Netherlands received some form of youth care. This is approximately the same number as in the previous year. It means that 10.5 percent of all young people...

Over the period July to October 2022 inclusive, total natural gas consumption in the Netherlands stood at 7.3 billion cubic metres. This is 17 percent less than in the same period last year.

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.

According to current projections by Statistics Netherlands (CBS), the life expectancy of 65-year-olds will stand at 21.05 years in 2028.

In 2021, most types of agricultural emissions were lower than in 1995, in spite of higher agricultural output. Reduction of greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions has stagnated in recent years.

How has the country been affected by the pandemic? Aside from distinct waves of excess mortality, there were numerous other outliers in national statistics.

In 2022, natural gas consumption in the Netherlands was down by a quarter relative to 2021.

In 2022, a total of 170 thousand deaths were recorded. This is 14.5 thousand (9.3 percent) more than was expected.

Between 2011 and 2021, the number of employee jobs in the Caribbean Netherlands rose by 53 percent to 13.6 thousand. Job growth was over twice as high on Bonaire compared to St Eustatius and Saba.