CBS Open Data (Statistics Netherlands)

by cbs.nl

Statistics Added on October 31st, 2026 Checked and working on November 8th, 2026

What it does

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) publishes thousands of statistical tables as open data: population, economy, labour, housing, energy, transport, health and much more, often down to municipality and neighbourhood level. The OData API lets you list tables, filter rows and select columns. Responses are JSON or XML. Free, no key needed.

API
HTTP-GET
JSON
REST
XML

At a glance

API key: Not needed · More APIs with no key
Pricing: Free, no key needed.
From the browser: Yes (CORS)
Formats: JSON, XML
Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
Provider: cbs.nl
Last checked: Working on November 8th, 2026

More information: https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/our-services/open-data

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HTML

<a href="https://free-web-services.com/web-services/open-data/statistics/cbs-open-data-statistics-netherlands.html"><img src="https://free-web-services.com/badge.svg" width="208" height="44" alt="Listed on Free Web Services" /></a>

Markdown

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CBS Open Data (Statistics Netherlands) — cbs.nl

Example request

curl

curl 'https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/odata/37296eng/TypedDataSet?$top=3'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/odata/37296eng/TypedDataSet?$top=3");
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://opendata.cbs.nl/ODataApi/odata/37296eng/TypedDataSet?$top=3",
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.