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2.4 million can vote by mail in the coming elections
In the upcoming election for the Dutch House of Representatives, all eligible voters aged 70 and over are allowed to cast their vote by mail.
ISI Congress 2021: How statistics can help build a better world
The 63rd ISI World Statistics Congress is set to take place from 11-16 July 2021.
Drop in import value lowers Caribbean Netherlands’ trade deficits
In 2020, all three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands recorded a year-on-year decrease in their goods trade deficit. St Eustatius saw the sharpest decline, followed by Bonaire and Saba.
The EU-15's New Economy - A Statistical Portrait
How are the fifteen ‘old’ EU countries faring in the New Economy?
Labour participation of status holders stagnating
Of the status holders who obtained an asylum residence permit in 2014, 43 percent had a job by mid-2020.
Boys happier than girls on Bonaire and Saba
Both on Bonaire and on Saba, boys between the ages of 11 and 18 are on average more likely to report being happy than girls.
Non-stop information with the virtual CBS assistant
it’s possible to access CBS open data through speech recognition!
Block or day release programmes
One of the two tracks in secondary vocational training introduced by the WEB (Adult and Vocational Education Act). In this track students spend 60 percent of their time of practical training within a...
Few widow(er)s remarry
One in five people who marry nowadays have been married before.
More families with parent(s) over 50
More children living at home have older parents. Nearly one in three parents with children living at home were in their fifties in 2010.
Inbound commuters often live just across the border
In 2018, more than 80 thousand people were employed in the Netherlands while living in Belgium or Germany. These cross-border commuters mainly live in relatively small rural municipalities just...
Well-being stable despite coronavirus, but nature under pressure
The year 2020 was defined by the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 is confirmed to have claimed 17.4 thousand lives in the Netherlands last year, and another 2.7 thousand deaths had covid-19 as probable...
Crime, safety and victim’s rights
report ‘Crime, safety and victims’ rights’ from the Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) will be published. FRA and Statistics Netherlands have worked together on this specific research and Statistics...
Avocado imports up by 19 percent in 2020
More and more, the Netherlands has developed into a gateway to Europe for avocados from around the world.
Sharp drop in traditional crime
In 2020, registered crime was down by 2 percent on the previous year. Certain types of traditional crime in particular, including pickpocketing (-47 percent), domestic burglary (-23 percent) and...
Historic drop in turnover accommodation and food services
IIn 2020, the turnover decline in the accommodation and food services sector amounted to 33.9 percent year-on-year.
Associate-degree programme attracts mainly mbo graduates
Many first year students in higher professional education (hbo) in the Netherlands in 2012/’11 who opted for the shorter two-year programme are graduates from senior secondary vocational education...
Revised: Associate-degree programme attracts mainly mbo graduates
Many first-year students in higher professional education (hbo) in the Netherlands in 2012/’11 who opted for the shorter two-year programme are graduates from senior secondary vocational education...
Expenditure on apprenticeship training programmes marginally up in 2012
Last year, certified companies providing practical experience and training spent 2.5 billion euros on apprenticeship training programmes, i.e. 37 million euros more than in 2011.
Inflation rate on Bonaire -3.2 percent in Q1 2021
In Q1 2021, consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 3.2 percent cheaper than one year previously. The inflation rate was still -5.2 percent in Q4 2020.
4 thousand juveniles referred to Halt programmes for fireworks offences
Last year, 4 thousand young people – nearly one fifth of all young participating in Halt programmmes − were referred to Halt in relation to fireworks offences.
Economic contraction 0.5 percent in Q1 2021
In Q1 2021, gross domestic product (GDP) decreased by 0.5 percent relative to the previous quarter.
Most reintegration programmes for under-45s
At the end of 2011 nearly 230 thousand people in the Netherlands were in reintegration programmes provided by municipal government. This is more than 17 thousand fewer than twelve months previously.