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The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.1 Reduced inequalities: social cohesion and inequality. The first part of SDG 10 addresses social cohesion, inclusiveness and equality. These are...

To measure well-being in the Netherlands, the 'monitor of well-being and sustainable development goals’ identifies four types of capital: social, human, economic and natural capital.

Between 2019 and 2022, the share of renewable energy in the Netherlands rose from 9 to 15 percent.

The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.

How do the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the circular economy interact with each other?

The Netherlands is a major importer of products that are linked to deforestation and land degradation by the European Commission.

Environmental sector by economic activity and per environmental domain Environmental protection, Resource management and Economic activity

Whereas the population of farmland birds in the Netherlands has declined, dragonfly distribution has increased.

Natural capital relates to services that the natural environment provides to the economy, such as raw materials and recreation.

In 2021, most types of agricultural emissions were lower than in 1995, in spite of higher agricultural output. Reduction of greenhouse gas and nitrogen emissions has stagnated in recent years.

Intergovernmental organisations, revenues, expenditures by main function Directive for Budgeting and Accounting (BBV) municipalities and provinces

Intergovernmental organisations, revenues, expenditures by main function Directive for Budgeting and Accounting (BBV) municipalities and provinces

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...

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.

In 2022, renewable energy accounted for 15 percent of gross national energy consumption. This was still 13 percent in the previous year.

Recent data on distribution of well-being by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in the population. Favourable or...

How does economic growth in the Netherlands affect well-being in poorer countries in the Global South?

This edition highlights the Indian economy and the trade and investment relationship between the Netherlands and India. The interdependence between the two countries in global value chains is also...

On 10 March 2023, the Council of Ministers approved the new Multi-annual Programme of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) for the years 2024-2028.

The price of energy, which has risen sharply over the past year, is in the news every day.

Production chains play a major role in the Dutch economy, but they are vulnerable to disruptions.

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...

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...

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) developed a Material Flow Monitor (MFM) that captures national resource extraction, imports and exports, product flows between economic sectors, as well as emissions and...