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In 2010 Dutch passenger cars averaged 13.3 thousand kilometres a year in the Netherlands and abroad. This is 2.1 percent less than in 2009.

Although most children in the Netherlands grow up with two parents, one in seven children experience the divorce of their parents. After a divorce, the contact between children and their fathers...

In January 2023, CBS will start publishing the CPI a few days earlier. Why is that, and what does it mean?

In March, the Dutch retail sector recorded 5.9 percent year-on-year turnover growth.

In June 2021, the economic situation according to the CBS Business Cycle Tracer has become positive again.

The gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 3.1 percent in Q2 2021 relative to the previous quarter.

Once in every four calendar years a leap day is intercalated. The year 2008 is a leap year, but the extra day appears to have little effect on the economy.

Last year, 25 strikes were organized in the Netherlands. The number of lost working days involved was the lowest since 1985.

In 2013, the number of children attending day care centres has fallen for the second year in a row. On 31 December 2011, 322 thousand 0 to 3-year-old children attended day care centres versus 284...

Dutch people aged 12 years or older – including those who never drink - drink 1 unit of alcohol a day on average.

The number of corporate bankruptcies, adjusted for court session days, has decreased.

According to Statistics Netherlands, 524 businesses and institutions (excluding one-man businesses) were declared bankrupt in September 2014, 59 more than in the preceding month. The increase was...

Dutch manufacturers realised a turnover growth of 23 percent in May 2011 relative to May 2010.

In August 2004, turnover in the Dutch retail trade was down by 5.6 percent on August 2003. This decrease is largely due to a less favourable shopping day pattern in August 2004 compared to 2003....