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Labour participation among young men restored
More young men have started working over the past two years. For a long time, net labour participation among young men lagged behind the female rate.
Unemployment continues to rise
Over the past three months, the number of unemployed has continued to rise by an average of 7 thousand per month.
Distribution of well-being: labour and leisure time
Recent data on distribution of well-being for the theme labour and leisure time by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in...
Dutch well-being: natural environment and social relations under pressure
Quality of life in the Netherlands today, well-being ‘here and now’, is high. However it not just as high for everybody in the country; well-being of young adults is lower than for the rest of the...
Housing costs in the Netherlands higher than in most EU countries
People in the Netherlands spend an average of 23 percent of their disposable income on a place to live, which is the sixth highest proportion in the European Union
Well-being here and now: summary
Well-being ‘here and now’ refers to people’s personal characteristics and the quality of the environment they live in. It relates to subjective well-being, material well-being, health, labour and...
10.7 million adults have registered their organ donation choice
As of 1 January 2023, 10.7 million people aged 18 years and over had recorded their organ donation choice in the Donor Register.
People of non-Dutch origin relatively often live in large cities
Comparatively many people with a foreign country of origin live in large cities.
SDG 11.1 Sustainable cities and communities: housing
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11.1 Sustainable cities and communities: housing. A large part of life takes place in and around the home. SDG 11.1 relates to suitable housing....
Number of unemployed rose slightly
In January, 368 thousand people were unemployed. That amounts to 3.6 percent of the total labour force
More graduates and less alcohol consumption among young people in 2020
With a pandemic ongoing, the year 2020 reshaped the lives of young people in the Netherlands.
Well-being here and now: health
What is well-being ‘here and now’? Health.
1 in 5 young workers experience work-related stress
Of all young people between the ages of 15 and 25 in paid employment, 21 percent reported regular or frequent work-related stress in 2021.
More people getting married in 2022
In the first seven months of 2022, more couples got married than in the same period of previous years.
Fewer people do volunteer work
In 2021, the number of people engaging in volunteer work continued to decline.
Distribution of well-being: material well-being
Recent data on distribution of well-being for the theme material well-being by sex, age, education level and origin/country of birth. Well-being is not distributed equally across all groups in the...
Unemployment slightly down in November
In November, unemployment fell slightly, to 3.5 percent of the labour force; 357 thousand people were unemployed. Unemployment declined by 2 thousand a month on average during the preceding three...
SDG 4 Quality education
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 Quality education. SDG 4 stresses the importance of high quality and accessible education for all age groups and in all stages of life: from...
98 cases of drowning in 2023
A total of 98 people resident in the Netherlands drowned in open water or in their home or garden in 2023.
Unemployment rate up
From July through September, unemployment rose by an average of 6 thousand per month.
Statistics Netherlands making strides in diversity and inclusion
Statistics Netherlands’ (CBS) has a highly diverse workforce that includes people of different ages, nationalities, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientation from various educational backgrounds...
Transition to homeownership in the Netherlands
Employing micro-level population register data from the Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS), we discuss the extent to which parental socio-economic status (SES) and educational attainment...
Today’s well-being increasingly comes at the expense of future generations
The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.
More asylum requests and fewer following family members in 2023
In 2023, over 38 thousand people submitted a first application for asylum in the Netherlands.
Fewer young burglars
In 2021, over 2 thousand people were registered as house burglary suspects, 24 percent fewer than in the previous year.