Statistics
Numbers I like to keep an eye on, pulled straight from official open data (CBS, Eurostat, FRED, the BIS) and refreshed on a schedule. Every chart names its source. Pick a place (or compare several) and a theme above; the shortcuts below jump to the richest pages.
Brent crude 91.1$/bbl ▼
34.48 4 wk · 9 Nov 2026 EU gas (TTF) 25.5$/MMBtu ▲
4.57 1 mo · Sep 2026 NL electricity 0.271€/kWh variable + tax · Oct 2026 Renewable electricity 55% 2025 Fed / ECB / BoK 3.88 / 2.50 / 3.00% policy rates · 9 Nov 2026 Dutch inflation 3.7% CPI y/y · euro area 4.0% · Oct 2026 France – Germany 10y 147bp Oct 2026 Gouda inhabitants 78,371 ▲
757 in a year · Sep 2026 Gouda avg house price €420.6k 2025 · NL €479.5k
Economy Central bank rates, inflation, bond yields and spreads, stock markets, growth, government debt and deficits, migration. Jobs & cost of living For recent grads: unemployment, how hard it is to find a job, graduate outcomes, job quality, wages, rents and what life costs. Energy Dutch household tariffs, Europe vs the US, oil and gas, import dependence, renewables, heat pumps, solar and EVs. Gouda Population since 1942, house prices, housing stock, municipal levies and neighbourhoods, next to the surrounding towns. Countries The Netherlands, Curaçao, the US, South Korea, China and more side by side: income, growth, inflation, debt and life expectancy. Curaçao Population, income, inflation, tourism, trade and government finances of Curaçao. Elections Every Dutch general election since 1918, Gouda down to the polling station, and the US presidential vote by state. History and culture The Netherlands, Gouda, Curaçao, the US and Korea over the long run, a sourced timeline, office holders, religion, holidays, UNESCO sites and famous people. Opinions Seat and approval polls, Eurobarometer worries and trust, world happiness, search trends, news themes and party positions.
Policy rates since 2015
% · Fed, ECB deposit rate, Bank of KoreaInflation: Netherlands vs euro area
% year on year (HICP)Brent crude and EU gas
$/barrel (weekly) · $/MMBtu (monthly)Gouda's population
inhabitants, monthlySources and freshness
| Source | Series | Observations | Latest data | Last refresh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIS (central bank policy rates, long consumer price series) | 28 | 136,706 | 10 Nov 2026 | 17 h ago |
| Bank of Canada Valet API | 2 | 4,922 | 13 Nov 2026 | 18 h ago |
| CBS StatLine | 185 | 10,388 | 1 Oct 2026 | 19 h ago |
| CBS Curaçao (Central Bureau of Statistics Curaçao) | 131 | 3,555 | 1 Sep 2026 | 5 days ago |
| UN Comtrade | 12 | 47 | 1 Jan 2020 | 4 days ago |
| ECB Data Portal (euro reference rates, yield curve) | 7 | 48,222 | 13 Nov 2026 | 18 h ago |
| The Economist Big Mac index | 26 | 1,122 | 1 Jul 2026 | never |
| Energy-Charts (Fraunhofer ISE) | 8 | 5,281 | 15 Nov 2026 | 49 min ago |
| EP-Online (RVO energy labels) | 132 | 264 | 1 Nov 2026 | 12 days ago |
| Eurostat | 1,976 | 115,607 | 1 Oct 2026 | 37 h ago |
| FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis) | 39 | 113,449 | 14 Nov 2026 | 3 h ago |
| Curated history and culture notes | 1 | 11 | 1 Jan 1795 | 12 days ago |
| ILOSTAT (International Labour Organization) | 27 | 114 | 1 Jan 2020 | 4 days ago |
| IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) | 129 | 5,886 | 1 Jan 2031 | 14 days ago |
| OECD Data Explorer (SDMX) | 225 | 38,359 | 1 Oct 2026 | 19 h ago |
| Our World in Data | 260 | 16,602 | 1 Jan 2025 | 4 days ago |
| Pew Research Center: religious composition by country 2010–2020 | 35 | 70 | 1 Jan 2020 | never |
| Rijksfinanciën (Ministerie van Financiën) | 65 | 590 | 1 Jan 2027 | 12 days ago |
| Statistics Canada (Web Data Service) | 5 | 4,441 | 1 Sep 2026 | 9 h ago |
| UN SDG Global Database | 5 | 120 | 1 Jan 2025 | 4 days ago |
| USAspending.gov | 111 | 1,027 | 1 Jan 2026 | 7 days ago |
| US Treasury Fiscal Data | 52 | 15,788 | 12 Nov 2026 | 2 h ago |
| Wikidata Query Service | 3 | 38 | 10 Apr 2024 | 12 days ago |
| World Bank World Development Indicators | 526 | 22,622 | 1 Jan 2025 | 3 days ago |
Data is fetched by scheduled jobs with a polite rate limit and stored as-is; charts are rendered from the stored copy. Licences: CBS and Eurostat CC BY 4.0, FRED and BIS per their terms of use.