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The consumer price index (CPI) was 1.2 percent higher in April than in the same month last year.

CBS goes the extra mile for its employees, which shows appreciation

Latest data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 15 Life on land. SDG 15 concerns protection, restoration and sustainable management of all forms of life on land. Nature, wildlife and healthy...

The number of goats in the Netherlands has increased this year.

The number of entrepreneurs in virtually all non-financial industries who estimate their business will continue to exist in the current economic situation for at least another 12 months increased...

Avoided use of fossil primary energy and avoided emission of CO2 wind, solar, hydro, geothermal energy, aerothermal heat and biomass

On 25 September 2015 the United Nations formulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

What is well-being ‘later’? Well-being ‘later’ concerns resources that future generations need to achieve the same level of well-being as the present generation.

Many non-financial companies in the Netherlands fear for their survival in case of a protracted coronavirus crisis. Nearly half of all entrepreneurs in the non-financial private sector expect their...

How prepared is the Netherlands to cope immediately with an extreme shock? Will people still be able to earn their livelihood, and how will the most vulnerable groups cope? Are Dutch nature, social...

innovative product for the general public about the younger generation and Sustainable Development Goals

Analysis of big data is becoming ever more important for governments to facilitate effective

CBS and Groningen city are launching joint activities involving the collection, processing and presentation of data

Greenhouse gas emissions stood at 189.3 bn CO2 equivalents in 2018, 2 percent lower than in 2017 and 15 percent down on 1990.

Dutch arable farmers achieved a record harvest of the cereal varieties wheat and barley.

Supply, consumption and blending of biofuels broken down into biogasoline and biodiesel.

In 2019 the public surplus amounted to 1.7 percent of GDP. Both revenues and expenditure rose sharply. Public debt at the end of 2019 amounted to 48.6 percent of GDP.

Based on price levels in January 2020, this year’s average annual domestic energy bill for households will amount to 1,574 euros. This is 170 euros less than in January 2019, with consumption...

In 2019, Bonaire saw the highest increase in trade deficit among the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands.

Zooming in on small innovative companies in the Netherlands

Reliable data in times of corona and beyond

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is continuously innovating, also in the field of business data collection. We are permanently on the look-out for new data sources and alternative ways of collecting...

In 2018, one-quarter of the 754 ha of pumpkin cultivation area is in Flevoland province. The total pumpkin cultvation area has declined in most provinces. Pumpkin trade was slightly higher...

Phosphate production in livestock manure declined further in 2018

In 2018, Dutch cocoa bean imports stood at 1.1 billion kg, more than half of which came from Ivory Coast. This makes the Netherlands the largest importer of cocoa beans in the world.