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Number of youth care recipients stable last 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...
More strikes but fewer strikers in 2022
In 2022, there were altogether 33 labour strikes in the Netherlands, up from 22 strikes in 2021. However, last year’s strikes involved fewer workers, which resulted in fewer working days lost: 39...
Dutch GDP per capita ranks fourth in the EU
In 2022, Dutch gross domestic product (GDP) per capita stood at over 53 thousand euros, putting the Netherlands in fourth position within the European Union.
More status holders in paid employment
In 2022, the number of status holders in paid work increased compared to the previous year.
Municipal accounts; municipal tasks by region and size class
Realised revenues municipal levies in million euros and euros per inhabitant by region and size class
Household consumption almost 3 percent up in February
Households spent 2.6 percent more in February 2023 year on year, adjusted for price changes. They spent mainly more on services.
More tourist arrivals by air in the Caribbean Netherlands than in 2021
In 2022, altogether 183.7 thousand tourists flew to the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands.
Caribbean Netherlands: 4 percent more air passengers in 2022 than in 2019
In 2022, more than 475 thousand travellers passed through the airports of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius.
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...
Household consumption over 6 percent up in January
Households spent 6.2 percent more in January 2023 year on year, adjusted for price changes. Just as in the previous months, they spent more on services but less on goods.
More women than men in higher education for 23 consecutive years
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.
Three years of COVID-19 in figures
How has the country been affected by the pandemic? Aside from distinct waves of excess mortality, there were numerous other outliers in national statistics.
Crude oil imports from Russia nearly 14 percent lower in value since March
Prompted by European sanctions against Russia, the Netherlands imported less crude oil from Russia in the last ten months of 2022 than in the same period of 2021. Imports from other oil-producing...
Trade and industry; employment and finance per sector, SIC 2008
Trade and industry; jobs, labour volume, costs and revenues, results Industry, construction, trade, transport, personal and business services
Exports to Russia down by almost 40 percent in 2022
In 2022, the value of Dutch goods exports to Russia decreased by 38 percent. The decrease was mainly seen in exports of semiconductors and chips, transport equipment, flowers and plants, and...
Household consumption almost 10 percent up in December
Households spent 9.9 percent more in December 2022 year on year, adjusted for price changes.
Natural gas consumption in 2022 at lowest level in 50 years
In 2022, natural gas consumption in the Netherlands was down by a quarter relative to 2021.
Foreign-controlled multinational subsidiaries most profitable
In 2020, subsidiaries of foreign-controlled multinationals had the highest profit ratio of all non-financial corporations in the Netherlands.
Enterprise population keeps growing
At the beginning of 2023, the Netherlands had more than 2.1 million enterprises, 79 thousand more than one year previously.
61 million air passengers in 2022, quarter fewer than before pandemic
In 2022, altogether 61.3 million air passengers travelled to and from the five main airports of the Netherlands.
Dutch house price increase among EU top five
In Q2 2022, house prices were 18.2 percent up on the same quarter last year.
Young men now more likely to have paid work than young women
In December 2022, net labour participation among young men exceeded the rate among young women.
Household consumption almost 3 percent up in November
Households spent 2.7 percent more in November 2022 year on year, adjusted for price changes.
Bonaire’s economy shrank by over 8 percent in 2020
In 2020, the economy of Bonaire contracted by 8.4 percent. This is the strongest decline since the start of the series in 2012.
Dutch people more pessimistic about the future of society
In 2021, people in the Netherlands were more pessimistic about the future society than in 2018.