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Well-being of young adults trailing behind other age groups
Dutch 25 to 34 year-olds experience lower levels of well-being than people in other age groups.
6 in 10 parents in the Caribbean Netherlands use formal childcare
Over 6 in 10 working parents in the Caribbean Netherlands with children under age 12 used formal childcare at least once every week in 2022.
Government; expenditure on education and student grants, loans since 1900
Government expenditure on education Per education sector, on student grants, loans and allowance, % GDP
Digital proficiency continues to rise
Proficiency in the use of the internet, computers and software have increased among people aged 12 and over.
Income accounts of the sector households, region; national accounts
Transactions of the sector households and per capita Primary and secundary income distribution by province
1920
By 1920, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) had become a large public sector institution. For comparison, when Henri Methorst was appointed Director in 1906, the organisation had five departments and...
Number of unemployed rose slightly
In January, 368 thousand people were unemployed. That amounts to 3.6 percent of the total labour force
CBS Multi-annual Programme 2024-2028
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.
Students worked 11 hours a week on average in Q3
In the third quarter of 2023, two-thirds of pupils in secondary education aged 15 or older had a part-time job.
Seven percent of young people have never had a job
In 2023, 7 percent of the Netherlands' 2.2 million young people aged 15 to 24 had never been in paid work
1971
CBS launched a communication offensive to highlight the importance of the census. Leaflets were delivered to four million households, television and radio broadcasts informed the public about the...
Provincial budgets; revenues and expenditures by province
Budgeted expenditures and revenues per task (policy area) in millions of and in euros per inhabitant by province
Number of employed in the Caribbean Netherlands continued to rise in 2022
In 2022, the employed labour force aged 15 to 74 years in the Caribbean Netherlands increased by 9 percent to 15.7 thousand relative to 2020.
Provincial accounts; revenues and expenditures by province
Budgeted expenditures and revenues per task (policy area) in millions of and in euros per inhabitant by province
Cooperation is crucial to understanding Green Deal data
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...
Young technicians four times as often male
In 2022, there were 609 thousand young people (aged 15 to 34 years) in the Netherlands who had completed a technical education.
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.
Unemployment virtually unchanged in 2023
Last year, the unemployment rate hardly changed.
CBS: gauge of Dutch society for 125 years
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) celebrates its 125th anniversary this month.
Sharp decline in long-term unemployment over past decade
In the second quarter of 2023, 1 in 7 unemployed people were long-term unemployed, i.e. twelve months or more.
CBS invests in statistics on climate change impacts
Collecting climate data should be just as routine for statistical institutes around the world as collecting data on the population or the economy.
Environmental taxes and fees, revenues by taxpayer; national accounts
environmental taxes, environmental fees, waste tax, fuel tax, excise duty tax payers, tax revenues, sewerage charges, mobility tax
Unemployment rate slightly down in October
In October, unemployment fell to 3.6 percent of the labour force. In September, it stood at 3.7 percent in September, which means that the slight increase in unemployment over the past six months did...
Unemployment falling further
In the period September through November, unemployment declined by an average of 17 thousand per month, to 251 thousand in November.
Synthetic data opens up possibilities in the statistical field
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...