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The role of different types of enterprises (SME, large enterprises) in the Dutch economy, 2012, method and results.

Mapping the value of our natural landscape

The Dutch economy is growing increasingly green. Companies are implementing cleaner production processes and are using relatively fewer raw materials.

Survey researchers aim for the highest possible response rate, given the budget of their survey. This report explains why high response rates are important and presents overviews of measures to...

Why is Statistics Netherlands (CBS) researching a new method for measuring energy prices?

The Netherlands consumed over 20 percent fewer materials than in 2000. Material consumption per capita is lower than average in the EU and the material footprint per capita is lower.

Is the ubiquitous vacancy of retail space reflected in its property price developments? And how have the prices of office buildings developed since the credit crisis?

Reintegration support is an important tool to increase the number of people moving from a social benefit to work. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) measures the results of this...

This summary in English reviews the key facts from each chapter of the publication, item by item.

It is the third consecutive quarter in which CO2 emission levels fall while the economy is growing

A small number of very big enterprises dominates R&D in the Netherlands.

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

In 2011, a large-scale mixed-mode experiment was linked to the Crime Victimisation Survey (CVS). This experiment consisted of a randomized allocation of sample persons to the four survey modes Web,...

Economy improves further

Economy continues to grow

The estimation of measurement effects (MEs) of survey modes in the presence of selection bias poses a great problem to methodologists. We present a new method to estimate MEs by means of...

The 63rd ISI World Statistics Congress is set to take place from 11-16 July 2021.

In 2020, renewable energy accounted for 11.1 percent of total Dutch energy consumption.

For the first time since 2003, Dutch economic growth was negative again in the first quarter of 2005. According to the second estimate of Statistics Netherlands’ quarterly national accounts, the...

Facts at a glance about the circular economy in the Netherlands.

Some 653 million euro was invested in the traffic sector to protect the environment in the Netherlands in 2007. This is 60 percent more than in 2005.

Almost all Dutch people aged 18 and over believe the climate is changing; 6 percent do not believe in climate change or are unsure.

In Q1 2021, turnover in the accommodation and food services sector fell by nearly 4 percent relative to the previous quarter.

Dutch economic growth at 0.9 percent in 2005. This is nearly half the growth of 1.7 percent in 2004, but well above the zero increase in 2002-2003.