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In Croatia, Bosnia and North Macedonia, the population census is still carried out in a traditional fashion, using pen and paper

For owners of small and medium-sized enterprises (MKB) in the Netherlands, it is on average more difficult to take out a bank loan than in the rest of Europe.

Volume, deflator; SIC'93, by region, COROP area, province and part of the country

The contribution of commercial services to the Dutch economy remained stable over the past decade. In the 1980s and 1990s, services became increasingly important.

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

Partly as a result of the continuing economic growth, agencies providing temporary staff again increased their turnover substantially in 2007 compared with 2006. The increase was smaller than in 2006.

Real disposable income of Dutch households fell by 1.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013. Although real disposable income has been decreasing since the third quarter of 2011, this quarter the...

In 2012, exports of goods and services generated the equivalent of 2.2 million full-time jobs in the Netherlands. This accounts for one third of total employment in the country.

Since the introduction of adoption legislation in 1956, more than 55 thousand children have been adopted in the Netherlands.

Last year, 560 children (the lowest number since 1965) were adopted in the Netherlands versus 720 in 2010.

Last year, 855 thousand Dutch households were dependent on benefits for a sustained period of time, i.e. nearly 40 thousand fewer than in 2009. The total number of households living on benefits...

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is focusing more and more on the use of big data for official statistics production.

Statistics Netherlands recently opened its doors to share its knowledge about Open Data with various authorities