Ensuring the quality of statistics using scientific methods

Mark van der Loo, senior methodologist at Statistics Netherlands (CBS)

CBS corporate articles

CBS develops Green Deal dashboard to monitor climate change

Flooding in the Netherlands due to climate change

CBS invests in statistics on climate change impacts

2023 UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai attended by CBS researcher Otto Swertz (second from the left)

CBS: gauge of Dutch society for 125 years

Group photo in front of CBS on Oostduinlaan, The Hague

International cooperation high on the agenda at CBS

CBS DG Angelique Berg and DG Geir Axelsen (Norway) meeting with Mathias Cormann, OECD Secretary General

What factors influence young adults’ decision to start a family?

Newborn baby

Well-being Factsheets for ministerial budgets

Banknotes

CBS launches international SDG dashboard

Beach sailing, with wind turbines and Tata Steel plant in the background

Statistics on nature play crucial role in national and international policy

Cyclists passing heathland

CBS brings Dutch digital economy into sharper focus

Uber Eats bicycle couriers awaiting orders before delivering them to customers.

Dutch census has been digital for 40 years

The Dutch population

Biodiversity monitored extensively by CBS

A dragonfly in its natural habitat

Synthetic data opens up possibilities in the statistical field

Researcher working with data

CBS develops experimental database of supply chains in the Dutch economy

Solar panel production

Director General Ms. Angelique Berg: ‘Societal challenges are central’

Angelique Berg, Director General of Statistics Netherlands

International reference work covers diverse business statistics expertise

Ger Snijkers handing over the international reference work on business statistics to the Director General of Statistics Netherlands

Cooperation is crucial to understanding Green Deal data

Wind turbines in the province of Flevoland

The COVID-19 pandemic: how did it affect statistics?

Intensive care unit with a COVID-19 patient at Catharina hospital, Eindhoven

International trade in goods statistics changed as of 2023

Container vessel at Maasvlakte, Port of Rotterdam

CBS carefully considers questions about AI

Glass fibre cables for computers

CBS and TNO map household energy poverty

Woman turns down heating

Green Deal: CBS working with partners for sustainable development data

Girl standing by flooded floodplains in Limburg province

NWO funding for research into global well-being

Wind turbines in Flevoland

Study uses AIS data to investigate how ships affect underwater wildlife

Coral reef on Bonaire

CBS highlights well-being theme in ministerial budgets

200 and 500 euro notes

Minister presented with ‘Dutch Trade in Facts and Figures 2022’ publication

The Netherlands is a trading nation

CBS and UvA in collaboration to solve social problems

Formal signature of the collaboration between CBS and UvA/IAS

International experts apply yardstick to Statistics Netherlands

The Peer review team with Director General Angelique Berg (sixth person from the left)

CBS explores possible privacy preserving techniques with universities

Data security

Call for fair, trustworthy AI in the public sphere

Computer

CBS successfully updates application landscape with Phoenix

Computer

Innovative research into drone flight paths using CBS data

Foeke Boersma (Utrecht University) conducted research into drone flight paths using CBS data

PhD student investigates causes of premature birth

Premature twins in the neonatology department of LUMC

Deputy Director General Bert Kroese appointed to top IMF position

bert kroese

Statistics Netherlands identifies links between SDGs and circular economy

Wind turbines in Flevoland

CBS reclassifies migration data after thorough external consultations

Shopping street in the Netherlands

The importance of reliable data in times of crisis

Patient with COVID-19 virus in the intensive care unit of the Catharina Hospital in Eindhoven

Islands of the Caribbean Netherlands hit hard by COVID-19 pandemic

Trends in the Caribbean Netherlands 2021

How the mathematics of complex systems contributes to statistics

Frank Pijpers’ lecture at the University of Amsterdam

CBS provides data on the use of pipelines for transport

Pipelines are becoming a key form of transport

CBS expertise on large enterprises in high demand

Large enterprises located on Zuidas in Amsterdam

CBS tightens criteria for remote access to CBS databases

Woman behind computer

Quinten Meertens’ breakthrough in how we think about bias

Quinten Meertens shows his PhD thesis