Use the barometer to draw up your diversity policy
The Cultural Diversity Barometer tells you which percentage of your employees has a migration background, and what their origins are. The CBS (Statistics Netherlands) barometer gives you the opportunity to set up and review your diversity policy.
No information about individual employees
The Cultural Diversity Barometer can be used by companies with 250 employees or more. You only receive compiled information about your entire staff. To safeguard your employees’ privacy, the barometer can only be used by businesses with more than 250 employees. If a cultural group within your organisation is too small, CBS will not publish these data, to ensure your employees’ privacy. You can ask CBS to sort out the data according to specifics, such as job title and number of years in employment, on condition that the data cannot be traced back to individuals.
Compare your figures to national data
Use the dashboard desgined by Statistics Netherlands (in Dutch) to compare your company's cultural diversity to national figures. To do so, you can use the anonymised data you received when you applied for the barometer. You can fill in your employees' origin in the barometer, giving a percentage for:
- employees with a Dutch background;
- employees with a migration background from a Western country;
- employees with a migration background from a non-Western country.
The tool enables you to compare the diversity data you have submitted to national data on diversity:
- the total working population
- employees in your business sector
- registered jobseekers
- graduates
You can also compare these data to statistics from your region, business sector or occupational group.
Apply for participation in the Cultural Diversity Barometer
You can apply to CBS for participation in the Cultural Diversity Barometer at cost price. To participate, send an email to barometer.culturele.diversiteit@cbs.nl.
