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Today’s well-being increasingly comes at the expense of future generations
The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.
Well-being ‘elsewhere’: trade and aid
Well-being ‘elsewhere’: trade and aid describes the impact of Dutch well-being on the rest of the world and particularly on the least developed countries (LDCs).
Today’s well-being increasingly comes at the expense of future generations
The Netherlands remains a prosperous country and a relatively cohesive society.
Agriculture; crops, livestock and land use by general farm type, region
Agricultural census; crops, livestock, land use and corresponding number of holdings by general farm type and region
Director General Ms. Angelique Berg: ‘Societal challenges are central’
On 10 March 2023, the Council of Ministers approved the new Multi-annual Programme of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) for the years 2024-2028.
Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; from 1900
Health status, lifestyle, use of health care services, care supply, (healthy) life expectancy and causes of death
62 percent of the population sometimes wear glasses
In 2022, 62 percent of the Dutch population aged 4 years and over said they occasionally wore glasses.
Government expenditure and consumption; functions, transactions, sectors
Government expenditure and final consumption by function (COFOG): General public services, defense, health, education and social protection
Population; sex, age, generation and migration background, 1 January
Population in The Netherlands by sex, age, marital status generation (first / second) and migration background, 1 January
Deaths; suicide (residents), various themes
Victims of suicide by marital status, method, motives, age and sex among the Dutch population, absolute figures and per 100 000 persons
Deaths; murder and manslaughter, crime scene in The Netherlands
Persons died as a result of murder or manslaughter by location and method crime scene located in the Netherlands (residents or non-residents)
More sexual activity among over-75s
In 2022, 27 percent of people aged 75 and over reported they were sexually active. This was still 16 percent in 2014.
SDG 10.2 Financial sustainability
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10.2 Reduced inequalities: financial sustainability. Financial liabilities of government and households have an impact on well-being of future...
Health and health care; personal characteristics
Health, limitations, pain, health care Disorders, informal care
HSMR 2022 Methodological Report
Methods used for the calculation of the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratios 2019-2021
Resilience: Later
How prepared is the Netherlands to withstand a major shock in the short-term? Will Dutch nature, and social and economic structures be strong enough to cope?
Gross fixed capital formation in tangible assets; volume figures
Fixed capital formation in tangible assets Year on year volume changes
Well-being ‘later’: summary
What is well-being ‘later’? Well-being ‘later’ looks at trends in resources needed by future generations to accomplish the same level of well-being as the current generation, and the consequences of...
Gross fixed capital formation in tangible assets; volume figures
Fixed capital formation in tangible assets Year on year volume changes
How to measure well being
Well-being is about the quality of life here and now, and the extent to which this is at the expense of the well-being of later generations or that of people elsewhere in the world. A short...
SDG 17 Partnerships for the goals
Recent data on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 Partnerships for the goals. SDG 17 differs from the other SDGs. Countries, governments, business and civil society organisations must work...
Nearly half the electricity produced in the Netherlands is now renewable
In 2023, 48 percent of electricity was generated from renewable sources such as solar, wind and water.
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...
Deputy Director General Bert Kroese appointed to top IMF position
Bert Kroese (54), Deputy Director General of Statistics Netherlands (CBS), will be appointed Chief Statistician and Data Officer and Director of the Statistics Department of the International...
International cooperation high on the agenda at CBS
In June of this year, Director General Ms Angelique Berg of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) was appointed vice-chair of the Bureau of the OECD Committee on Statistics and Statistical Policy, also known...