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Smartphones used most for mobile internet access
Smartphones have ousted laptops as the most popular devices for mobile internet access in the Netherlands. Many young people, in particular, use smartphones almost daily to go online wherever they...
smartphone increasingly important import product
In the period 2007 - October 2014, the share of imported mobile phones and smartphones in total imports more than doubled to 2 percent.
Most young people online with smartphone
If they are not at home, a smartphone is by far the most popular mobile device for young people to access the internet. Once online, they spend most of their time playing video games, watching films...
Smartphone most imported high-tech product
The Netherlands imported more than 15 billion euros worth of smartphones in 2016.
CBS and Utrecht University start innovative survey network
The research focuses primarily on surveys using mobile devices
CBS introducing a voice assistant tool
Our information searching behaviour on the Internet is intensifying. We used to just type a question into a search engine, but this has become more and more obsolete
Major renewal of data collection at Statistics Netherlands
Statistics Netherlands is introducing a new process chain for data collection with the accompanying IT landscape.
CBS launching Center for Big Data Statistics
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is focusing more and more on the use of big data for official statistics production.
France imports 47.4 bn euros in goods from the Netherlands
In 2021, bilateral goods trade with France comprised exports worth 47.4 billion euros and imports worth 18.7 billion euros.
CBS successfully updates application landscape with Phoenix
Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has worked step-by-step towards a new application landscape in recent years.
Mobile device login and break-off in individual surveys
the use of mobile devices, i.e. smartphones and tablets, in individual surveys in 2017.
Labour Force Survey redesigned in 2021
Labour Force Survey redesigned in 2021
CBS experimenting with sensors
How many locations were you visiting today? Think of: work, child care, supermarket, gym...? And how much time did you spend driving, or how far did you cycle today?
Working with sensors to measure health
Sensors are accurate, which is why Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is exploring various ways to implement them – e.g. as a substitute for survey questionnaires
Sensor Data Challenge 2021: experimenting with smart sensors
The third Sensor Data Challenge took place on 22 and 23 April 2021.
9 in 10 internet users protect their personal data
Of all people aged 12 years and over who use the internet, 90 percent say they took measures in 2020 to protect their personal data online.
Inflation edges up to 1.1 percent
The inflation rate climbed to 1.1 percent in October.
The Netherlands leads Europe in internet access
In 2017, 98 percent of Dutch households had internet access against a European average of 87 percent.
More elderly active on social media
Social media usage among the elderly has soared in recent years. The group 65 to 74-year-olds in particular have become increasingly active users. In 2019, 76 percent of the respondents in this age...
over one third of internet users engaged in cloud computing
More than one in three internet users in the age category 12 years and older were engaged in cloud computing in 2014. Young internet users in particular tend to embrace this internet facility, which...
CBS and Utrecht University start innovative survey network
For a number of years now, CBS has been collaborating intensively in many areas with Dutch universities
Statistics Netherlands launches new website cbs.nl
The new website's main focus is now on news releases,
Mobile Internet increasingly popular
Mobile Internet is increasingly becoming a part of daily life. Over one in three Internet users had access to the web through mobile devices in 2010 versus one in five in 2007.
Social media on the rise among seniors
Seniors are increasingly active on social media
Automatic travel mode prediction
App-assisted travel surveys use location and motion sensors to measure location and to predict means of transportation. This discussion paper describes the machine learning techniques to translate...