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Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has recently published its updated Statistical Disclosure Control Guide, which sets out the policy rules for protecting respondents’ privacy in its publications.

In September 2024, a delegation from the State Statistics Service of Ukraine paid a study visit to Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Preparations for the 2025 revision of the Standard Industrial Classification (or SBI) are in full swing at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Statistics Netherlands’ (CBS) has a highly diverse workforce that includes people of different ages, nationalities, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientation from various educational backgrounds...

Statistics Netherlands (known in Dutch as ‘Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek’ or CBS) is a name that the majority of Dutch people are familiar with.

The Dutch area of the North Sea is our country’s largest nature reserve, but it is also used intensively by maritime traffic and for wind farms, for example.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has recently appointed its first Chief Data Officer.

On 6 March 2024, the fourth IBDS Café was held at Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Once every ten years, there is a special day within CBS: the day when, after a long and concerted effort, the most recent census is finalised.

CBS uses scientifically proven methods to guarantee the quality of its products and services.

In 2019, the European Commission presented the European Green Deal.

Collecting climate data should be just as routine for statistical institutes around the world as collecting data on the population or the economy.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) celebrates its 125th anniversary this month.

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...

Young adults in the Netherlands face a variety of economic challenges: employers are giving out more temporary contracts, income growth is stagnating, students have to take on more debt, there’s an...

At the request of the Dutch House of Representatives, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) publishes the Monitor of Well-being and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) annually on Accountability Day in...

25 September 2023 is SDG Action Day.

The figures published by CBS on nature in the Netherlands play an important role in all sorts of societal discussions, including the current debates on nirogen and biodiversity.

Rapid digital developments have transformed the economy.

Censuses are the oldest official statistic produced by Statistics Netherlands (CBS).

Whereas the population of farmland birds in the Netherlands has declined, dragonfly distribution has increased.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) recently released a new handbook, ‘Synthetic Data for Official Statistics’, to help get statistical institutes started in producing their own...

Production chains play a major role in the Dutch economy, but they are vulnerable to disruptions.

On 10 March 2023, the Council of Ministers approved the new Multi-annual Programme of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) for the years 2024-2028.

A truly international reference work, with 36 chapters covering the latest state of play in all facets of business statistics production.