%pt |
percentage point |
BMI |
body mass index |
CBS |
Statistics Netherlands |
CES |
Conference of European Statisticians |
CH4 |
methane (greenhouse gas) |
CO2 |
carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas) |
COPD |
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
COVID-19 |
infectious disease caused by coronavirus SARs-coV-2 |
CPB |
Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis |
CSR |
corporate social responsibility |
EC |
European Commission |
EEA |
European Economic Area |
ECN |
Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands |
EMU |
European Economic and Monetary Union |
ETS |
Emissions Trading System |
EU |
European Union |
EU2020 |
Long-term strategy of the EU |
EU28 |
28 member states of the EU (from 1 July 2013) |
FTE |
full-time equivalent |
GALI |
Global Limitation Activity Index |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GNI |
gross national income |
ha |
hectare |
HAVO |
senior general secondary education |
HICP |
harmonised index of consumer prices |
ICT |
information and communication technology |
IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
ISCED |
International Standard Classification of Education |
kg |
kilogram |
LDCs |
least developed countries |
LIR |
labour-income ratio |
LPI |
Living Planet Index |
m2 |
square metre |
m3 |
cubic metre |
MBO |
senior secondary vocational education and training |
mln |
million |
Mtonne |
megatonne |
N2O |
nitrous oxide (laughing gas) |
NEA |
National Survey on Working Conditions |
NL |
Netherlands |
NNN |
Netherlands Nature Network |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
PBL |
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency |
PCT |
Patent Cooperation Treaty |
PFAS |
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance |
PIAAC |
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies |
PISA |
Programme for International Student Assessment |
PJ |
petajoule |
PM2.5 |
fine particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less |
PWI |
Personal Well-being Index |
R&D |
research and development |
RIVM |
National Institute of Public Health and the Environment |
SCP |
Netherlands Institute for Social Research |
SDG |
Sustainable Development Goal |
SMEs |
small and medium-sized enterprises |
TNO |
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research |
UN |
United Nations |
VMBO |
preparatory secondary vocational education |
VWO |
pre-university education |
WCED |
World Commission on Environment and Development |
WHO |
World Health Organization |