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Culture and society no longer most popular subject cluster among havo-4 girls
In 2007/’08, far fewer havo-4 girls (38 percent) opted for the Culture and society profile than in the preceding school years (more than 50 percent). The Economics and society profile is now...
New methods and sources for Big Data research
The objective of the seminar was to bring together researchers from statistical offices and academic scientists in order to exchange knowledge and present the latest methods and techniques in the...
Greenhouse gas emissions higher than Kyoto figures suggest
According to the Kyoto Protocol, the emission of greenhouse gases was reduced by 4 percent over the period 1990-2007.
Innovation in small businesses
Innovation article on measuriing innovation in small businesses
Environmental goods and services sector; activities, 1995-2010
Environmental activities and economic indicators per environmental domain such as protection of water, air and management of natural resources.
Contribution commercial services to the economy remained stable
The contribution of commercial services to the Dutch economy remained stable over the past decade. In the 1980s and 1990s, services became increasingly important.
Turnover security branch down
Turnover generated by the security and investigation branch in the third quarter of 2013 was down from the same period last year. Turnover declined for the second consecutive quarter.
SDG 5 Gender equality
Latest data contributing to worldwide monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 Gender equality. SDG 5 advocates equal treatment of and an equal position in society for men and women. In...
Lower renewable electricity production
Last year, 11.8 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable electricity were generated, i.e. 10.1 percent of total electricity consumption in the Netherlands and 0.4 percentage points below the level...
ICT use by companies by company size, 2008
ICT workers, internal and external networks, software, ADE, SCM, RFID Company size
Big data innovation at CBS/UT DataCamp
The aim of the annual DataCamp event is to find solutions for complex issues by using big data
Big data innovation at CBS/UT DataCamp
The aim of the annual DataCamp event is to find solutions for complex issues by using big data.
Four in every ten businesses use social media
More than forty percent of businesses employing at least 10 persons use one or more social media accounts. Three quarters of large companies (employing 500 or more persons) use the social media for...
No home internet access for 1.2 million Dutch people
The Netherlands has the highest percentage of households in the European Union with home internet connections. Only one in eight Dutch people have either no access to the internet from their own home...
Russia largest oil supplier for the Netherlands
One third of total Dutch imports of crude oil came from Russia in 2010, followed at a distance by the United Kingdom. Saudi Arabia’s importance has waned in recent years.
Growing number of ICT professionals self-employed
The number of self-employed information and communication technology (ICT) specialists has increased over the period 2000-2010. ICT specialists are also more often educated at higher vocational...
Increasing amount of nitrogen removed from sewage water
The nitrogen removal capacity of sewage water treatment plants in the Netherlands is improving continuously. In 2006, the 75 percent barrier was broken for the first time.
Importance of environmental sector increasing
In 2016, the Dutch environmental sector represented a value added of 15.8 billion euros, contributing 2.2 percent to gross domestic product (GDP) that year. The share of the environmental sector in...
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