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More crude oil and coal shipments in Q2, fewer from Russia
In Q2 2022, the total volume of incoming and outgoing cargo to and from Dutch seaports increased to nearly 152 million tonnes. This is 2.5 percent up on the same quarter last year.
Household consumption almost 1 percent up in October
Households spent 0.6 percent more in October 2022 year on year, adjusted for price changes. As in the previous months, they spent more on services, but less on goods.
Coal and coal products balance sheet; supply and consumption
Supply, imports, exports, stock change and consumption Coal and coal products
Extraction, import and export of materials; national accounts
material flow accounts, environmental accounts, biomass, minerals, metals resources, semi-finished products, finished products, fossil energy
Gas consumption down by 17% year on year in the period July - October
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.
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.
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...
Record number of tourists booking overnight stays
In the third quarter of 2022, Dutch hotels, holiday parks and group accommodations received a total of 14.6 million guests.
Export earnings in 2021 exceeding pre-pandemic level
In 2021, the Netherlands exported 798 billion euros in goods and services.
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...
Household consumption over 2 percent up in September
Consumers spent over 2 percent more in September 2022 compared to one year previously. They spent more on services, but less on goods.
Vehicle mileage not yet back at pre-pandemic level
In 2021, Dutch motor vehicles, with the exception of motorcycles and mopeds, travelled a total distance of nearly 134 billion kilometres in the Netherlands and abroad.
More prison detainees in 2021
In 2021, the number of people held in detention rose on the previous year. However, it declined when observed a longer period. This is evident from new figures released by Statistics Netherlands...
Population up to 17.8 million, mainly due to migration
Over the first three quarters of 2022, the population of the Netherlands grew by 191 thousand.
Fewer people do volunteer work
In 2021, the number of people engaging in volunteer work continued to decline.
Coal and coal products; indigenous production, imports, exports; from 1802
Indigenous production, imports and exports and supply of coal and output of patent fuel, coke oven cokes and gas works gas
Deputy Director General Bert Kroese appointed to top IMF position
Bert Kroese (54), Deputy Director General of Statistics Netherlands (CBS), will be appointed Chief Statistician and Data Officer and Director of the Statistics Department of the International...
585 additional organic farms since 2015
Relative to 2021, the total area under organic farming in the Netherlands this year has increased by 3.6 percent to slightly over 80 thousand hectares. This is 59.0 percent more than in 2015.
Dutch house price increase among EU top four
The house price index, which includes transaction prices of both new and existing owner-occupied dwellings, was up by 19.5 percent year on year in Q1 2022.
More tourism on St Eustatius and Saba in first half of 2022
In the first six months of 2022, the number of visitor arrivals by air on St Eustatius and Saba was one and a half times as high as in the same period last year.
Household consumption over 4 percent up in August
Consumers spent over 4 percent more in August 2022 compared to one year previously. They spent more on services, but less on goods.
Producer Price Index (PPI); output and importprices by product, 2015=100
Price Index numbers (excluding excise) and month and year development Market and product according to product nomenclature ProdCom
Nearly 100 thousand young people are half-orphans
At the end of 2021, nearly 100 thousand young people aged 0 to 24 years were half-orphans. In addition, over 1.5 thousand young people were orphans.
34 percent more Belgian enterprises in the Netherlands
In a span of five years, the number of Belgian-owned multinationals in the Netherlands has grown from 1,138 in 2015 to 1,528 in 2020. Over the same period, the contribution of Belgian-owned firms to...
Earnings and labour volume; export flows
Export value, value added export flows