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Waarstaatjegemeente.nl (municipal benchmark)

VNG's data hub on all Dutch municipalities. Figures from public sources and from municipalities themselves, in dashboards on social services, housing, energy, safety, finances and more. In the database you build your own tables and maps and export the figures. The publication calendar lists when each source gets new figures.

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Young people under a child protection order (CBS figure, also in Waarstaatjegemeente): highest in Heerlen (2.4%), lowest in Bloemendaal (0.2%)

Young people under a child protection order (CBS figure, also in Waarstaatjegemeente) per municipality, 2025, in percent of under-18s. Netherlands as a whole: 1.0. 330 municipalities with a figure.

Source: CBS, tabel 85098NED (Indicatoren jeugdzorg in natura; gemeenten) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026Open the table Single block

Residents with a Wmo social support provision (CBS figure, also in Waarstaatjegemeente): highest in Stadskanaal (122 per 1,000), lowest in Rozendaal (29 per 1,000)

Residents with a Wmo social support provision (CBS figure, also in Waarstaatjegemeente) per municipality, 2025, per 1,000 residents. 337 municipalities with a figure.

Source: CBS, tabel 86060NED (Wmo-gebruik; aantal maatwerkvoorzieningen, regio) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026 · selection: AantalMaatwerkvoorzieningen: TotaalOpen the table Single block

What you can build with it1

ToolHealthcare cost comparer per municipalityA tool that shows what basic health insurance spends per resident in your municipality, per type of care, and how that compares with the rest of the Netherlands, also after correcting for age.3 sourcesGetting started

What can you do with it?3 ideas

Getting started

Compare your municipality with similar ones

With AMIGO the platform picks municipalities that resemble yours. That's fairer than comparing with the national average.

Getting started

Youth care in your municipality

The youth care dashboard and the Municipal Monitor of the Social Domain show how many young people receive help. The monitor also has district and neighbourhood dashboards.

Advanced

Find the original source

In the database, click the i-icon of an indicator. It shows source, definition and update date. Then fetch the series from the source itself if you need more detail or a longer period.

How to process it4 steps

Start from a dashboard
Dashboards are organised by theme. Pick a theme and a municipality to see the main figures on one screen.
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https://www.waarstaatjegemeente.nl/mosaic/dashboard/gemeentefinancien
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Export from the database
In the database (Swing Viewer) you choose indicators, areas and periods and export tables and charts. All data on the platform is public.
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https://www.waarstaatjegemeente.nl/viewer
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Check when new figures arrive
The publication calendar lists per source the frequency, timeliness, area level and previous update.
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https://www.waarstaatjegemeente.nl/release/publicatiekalender.aspx
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The API is for municipalities only
There is a beta API (OData, JSON responses) with an API key, for at most 40 municipalities. Access is requested via a VNG Realisatie form; documentation is a PDF in a closed Pleio group.
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https://www.waarstaatjegemeente.nl/content/api
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Interesting combinations

gemeente

Do residents feel unsafe where the police register a lot of nuisance?

Put figures from the Burgerpeiling survey and the public order dashboard next to registered nuisance per municipality.

Combine with Registered nuisance by neighbourhood

gemeente (naam)

Do residents use more care where the municipality spends more on youth care and social support?

Put municipal youth care and social support figures next to Vektis costs per insured-year.

Combine with Vektis open data on healthcare costs

Similar sources

Key figures for districts and neighbourhoods
CBS's own key figures for districts and neighbourhoods, as an open API. Fewer themes, but straight from the source.
Iv3, municipal budgets and accounts
The raw budgets and accounts behind the municipal finance and BBV dashboards, per policy area and category.
CBS StatLine
All CBS tables, including regional breakdowns, with an open API and long series.

What to watch out for

A conduit, not a source
The figures belong to municipalities and the original sources. In a publication, credit that source too, not only Waarstaatjegemeente.nl.
No open API
The API is beta, needs a key and is meant for municipalities. Anyone else exports by hand from the database.
Previous update in the calendar isn't always right
On 15 October 2026, 79 of the 250 sources in the publication calendar showed that same day as previous update, including sources published every two years. Check the date at the source itself.
Small municipalities, small numbers
Percentages from surveys like the Burgerpeiling, and small municipalities, jump from year to year. Look at several years before calling a trend.

APIOData (bèta, met sleutel) + RSS · read 16 Oct 2026

StandardOData (bèta, met sleutel) + RSSdocs

Access login

The OData API requires an API key. Request access via the VNG Realisatie form (formulieren.vngrealisatie.nl/Waarstaatjegemeente_API_toegang); the beta is open to at most 40 municipalities. We have no key. from the description

Size250

sources in the release calendar (16 Oct 2026) tested

Formats

jsonrssxlsx

Base URL

https://www.waarstaatjegemeente.nl

Endpoints 5

GET(OData-API, adres alleen voor deelnemers)OData web service returning JSON, called via a URL with an API key. Endpoints and parameters are in a PDF in the closed Pleio group; not public.
GET/feed.ashxRSS with the 50 most recent changes on the platform (category Link or News, title, pubDate). Open, no key.
GET/release/publicatiekalender.aspxRelease calendar (HTML table): per source frequency, timeliness, area level and previous update.
GET/viewerSwing Viewer: pick indicators, areas and periods and export by hand (no API).
GET/mosaic/dashboard/{dashboard}Dashboards per theme, e.g. gemeentefinancien.

Filtering from the description

The API follows the OData standard (according to VNG), but the available entities and filters are not public.

Limits and pitfalls

Beta: at most 40 municipalities get a key. VNG revokes the key in case of misuse. from the description
robots.txt: crawl delay 2 seconds; /zoeken, /handlers/, /cms/ and /login.aspx/ are disallowed. tested
No public description of the API (no $metadata or OpenAPI found); hence no endpoints or fields here. Non-municipalities export by hand from the Viewer or get the figures from the original source (often CBS StatLine). tested
The Viewer's internal export routes go through /handlers/, which robots.txt disallows. Don't automate them. experience
For freshness: the RSS feed (pubDate per change). The 'Vorige update' column in the release calendar is unreliable: on 15 Oct 2026 it showed 15-10-2026 for 79 of the 250 sources, including biennial ones. experience

Try it HTTP 200 · 549 ms · 16 Oct

https://www.waarstaatjegemeente.nl/feed.ashx

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="style/rss.xsl"?><rss xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Waarstaatjegemeente.nl - cijfers en statistieken van gemeenten</title><link>https://www.waarstaatjegemeente.nl/</link><description>Recente wijzigingen van Waarstaatjegemeente.nl - cijfers en statistieken van gemeenten</description><item><category>Link</category><title>Monitor Brede Regeling Combinatiefuncties 2025</title><description /><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><datum>16-10-2026</datum></item><item><category>News</category><title>Waarstaatjegemeente.nl in VNG Magazine: deze maand aandacht voor de Wet open overheid</title><description /><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><datum>13-10-2026</datum></item><item><category>Link</category><title>Kernbeleid veiligheid</title><description /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><datum>07-10-2026</datum></item><item><category>Link</category><title>Openbare orde en veiligheid</title><description /><pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><datum>07-10-2026</datum></item><item><category>Link</category><title>Digitale vei

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Read from VNG: explanation of the beta API (OData, JSON, API key, at most 40 municipalities) · Pleio group with the API documentation (closed, not read). Labels: from the description stated in what the api itself publishes. tested from our own small call. platform applies to every api on this platform, per its documentation. experience learned while building open data index.