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Greenhouse gas emissions 5 percent lower in Q2 2023
In Q2 2023, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 5 percent lower than in Q2 2022. This was mainly due to lower emissions from the electricity sector.
Nearly 240 thousand bullying victims in 2021
In 2021, nearly 2 percent of the Dutch population aged 15 years and over reported they had been bullied in the previous year.
Research and development; personnel, expenditure, company size, branch
Persons employed, FTE, R&D expenditure, company size, branch (SIC 2008)
Emissions to air by the Dutch economy; national accounts
emissions to air, climate change, greenhouse gases, CO2, ozone layer air pollution, acidification, environmental accounts,
Asylum and integration 2023 – Cohort study on asylum seekers and status holders
Annual study of register data on reception and integration of asylum migrants arriving in the Netherlands since 2014, 2014-2022
Greenhouse gas emissions 4 percent lower in Q1 2023
In Q1 2023, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 4 percent lower than in Q1 2022. This was mainly due to lower emissions from the built environment and manufacturing.
Greenhouse gas emissions 9 percent lower in 2022
In 2022, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were 9 percent lower than in 2021. This was mainly due to lower natural gas consumption in manufacturing, the built environment and agriculture
1947
By far the biggest problem when conducting a census is keeping all the data confidential. The 1947 census resolved this issue by updating the forms people had to fill in.
Environmental Goods and Services Sector, industries; national accounts
Environmental sector by economic activity and per environmental domain Environmental protection, Resource management and Economic activity
Dutch well-being high, but under increasing pressure
it is becoming more difficult to maintain this level of well-being. Many elements of Dutch natural capital are showing systemic deterioration, with increasing pressure on plant and animal...
Less overweight and obesity among children of higher educated parents
In the period 2018-2021, 12 percent of children aged 2 to 11 were overweight and 3 percent severely overweight (obese).
1960
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...
Circularity of the Dutch economy has barely increased
Of all natural resources that were deployed in the Dutch economy in 2020, 13 percent consisted of recycled materials. This percentage is virtually the same as in 2014. In terms of recycling, the...
Report on Integration and Society, 2022
The Report on Integration and Society (Rapportage Integratie en Samenleven) describes how groups of different origins relate to the average of the Dutch population.
More obesity and diabetes among adults at risk of poverty
In 2021, half of the Dutch population aged 18 years and over were overweight.
1,916 suicide deaths in 2022, 54 more than in 2021
Last year, 1,916 people took their own lives. This is more than five suicide deaths per day, on average.
Far fewer COVID-19 deaths in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021
In 2022, over 8.2 thousand people died of COVID-19. This represents a sharp decline on the preceding two years.
Labour productivity higher in 2021
In the 2021 pandemic year, labour productivity in the market sector increased by 2.8 percent year on year.
Greenhouse gas emissions 4 percent lower in Q3 2022
In Q3 2022, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showed a year-on-year decrease of 4 percent. This is mainly because natural gas consumption was down.
Nearly 8 in 10 people shop online in 2023
In the first half of 2023, 78 percent of the population aged 12 years or older said they had made an online purchase.
Government; expenditure on education and student grants, loans since 1900
Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP
Dutch well-being: natural environment and social relations under pressure
Quality of life in the Netherlands today, well-being ‘here and now’, is high. However it not just as high for everybody in the country; well-being of young adults is lower than for the rest of the...
3,480 COVID-19 deaths in Q1
In the first quarter of 2022, a total of 3,480 people died due to COVID-19. This represents 8.1 percent of all deaths in that quarter.
Using complexity science to understand social problems
On 1 January 2021, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) senior methodologist Frank Pijpers was appointed Professor of Complexity for Official Statistics at the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Structural Time Series Models for Consumer Confidence indicators
A time series model to improve the accuracy of estimates about consumer confidence