Labour force; main figures by sex and other characteristics 1996-2014

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Labour force; main figures by sex and other characteristics 1996-2014
Sex Personal characteristics Periods Total population aged 15-64 years (x 1 000) Labour force Labour position Employed labour force (x 1 000) Labour force Labour position Unemployed labour force (x 1 000) Labour force Labour position Persons not included in the labour force (x 1 000) Labour force Gross labour participation (%) Labour force Net labour participation (%) Labour force Percentage unemployed (%)
Total men and women Total 2014 10,980 7,215 656 3,110 71.7 65.7 8.3
Total men and women Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 2,045 695 121 1,229 39.9 34.0 14.8
Total men and women Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 988 160 43 785 20.6 16.2 21.3
Total men and women Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 1,057 535 78 444 58.0 50.6 12.7
Total men and women Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 1,040 793 78 169 83.7 76.2 9.0
Total men and women Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 1,003 822 61 120 88.1 82.0 6.9
Total men and women Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 1,001 812 61 129 87.2 81.1 7.0
Total men and women Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 1,197 936 74 187 84.4 78.2 7.3
Total men and women Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 1,276 999 73 203 84.1 78.3 6.8
Total men and women Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 1,251 940 76 235 81.2 75.2 7.5
Total men and women Age: 55 to 60 years 2014 1,131 762 67 302 73.3 67.4 8.1
Total men and women Age: 60 to 65 years 2014 1,036 455 44 537 48.1 43.9 8.8
Total men and women Age: 25 to 35 years 2014 2,043 1,615 139 289 85.9 79.0 7.9
Total men and women Age: 35 to 45 years 2014 2,198 1,748 135 315 85.6 79.5 7.2
Total men and women Age: 45 to 55 years 2014 2,527 1,940 149 438 82.7 76.8 7.1
Total men and women Age: 55 to 65 years 2014 2,167 1,217 111 839 61.3 56.1 8.4
Total men and women Origin: Netherlands 2014 8,494 5,829 425 2,240 73.6 68.6 6.8
Total men and women Ethnic origin: foreign background 2014 2,470 1,375 230 865 65.0 55.7 14.3
Total men and women Origin: western country 2014 1,090 700 76 315 71.1 64.2 9.8
Total men and women Origin: MOE country 2014 138 88 12 38 72.5 63.8 12.0
Total men and women Origin: western country, other 2014 951 611 64 276 70.9 64.3 9.4
Total men and women Origin: non-western country 2014 1,380 676 154 550 60.1 49.0 18.6
Total men and women Origin: Suriname 2014 259 147 29 83 68.0 57.0 16.2
Total men and women Origin: Netherlands Antilles or Aruba 2014 104 53 14 36 64.8 50.9 21.5
Total men and women Origin: Turkey 2014 283 131 27 125 55.7 46.4 16.8
Total men and women Origin: Morocco 2014 236 105 28 103 56.4 44.5 21.1
Total men and women Origin: non-western country, other 2014 499 239 57 203 59.3 48.0 19.1
Total men and women Origin unknown 2014 16 10 . 5 70.1 63.0 .
Total men and women Position in household: single person 2014 1,808 1,115 155 538 70.2 61.7 12.2
Total men and women Position in household: single parent 2014 430 264 42 124 71.2 61.3 13.8
Total men and women Position in household: parent 2014 4,029 3,227 193 609 84.9 80.1 5.6
Total men and women Pos. in household: partner (non-parent) 2014 2,708 1,885 132 691 74.5 69.6 6.5
Total men and women Position in household: adult child 2014 1,171 533 95 543 53.6 45.5 15.1
Total men and women Position in household: underage child 2014 590 54 20 516 12.5 9.1 27.0
Total men and women Position in household: other member 2014 245 137 18 89 63.5 56.0 11.8
Total men and women Education level: primary 2014 954 312 61 581 39.1 32.7 16.4
Total men and women Education level: vmbo, mbo1, avo 2014 2,128 1,030 144 954 55.2 48.4 12.3
Total men and women Education level: avo - first stage 2014 752 287 37 427 43.2 38.2 11.5
Total men and women Education level: havo, vwo, mbo 2014 4,535 3,103 299 1,133 75.0 68.4 8.8
Total men and women Education level: mbo 2 or 3 2014 1,901 1,359 136 406 78.6 71.5 9.1
Total men and women Education level: mbo 4 2014 1,568 1,212 96 260 83.4 77.3 7.3
Total men and women Education level: havo, vwo. 2014 1,065 532 67 466 56.2 49.9 11.2
Total men and women Education level:hbo, university bachelor 2014 2,036 1,652 93 291 85.7 81.1 5.3
Total men and women Education level: university 2014 1,193 1,046 49 98 91.8 87.7 4.4
Total men and women Education level: unknown 2014 134 71 9 53 60.3 53.4 11.5
Men Total 2014 5,510 3,981 340 1,189 78.4 72.3 7.9
Men Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 1,039 363 53 623 40.0 34.9 12.7
Men Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 505 84 20 401 20.6 16.6 19.5
Men Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 534 280 33 222 58.5 52.3 10.5
Men Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 523 409 46 68 87.0 78.2 10.1
Men Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 502 438 34 29 94.1 87.3 7.2
Men Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 499 437 31 31 93.8 87.7 6.5
Men Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 597 513 39 45 92.5 85.9 7.1
Men Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 641 554 33 54 91.5 86.3 5.7
Men Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 627 527 38 63 90.0 84.0 6.7
Men Age: 55 to 60 years 2014 565 444 38 82 85.4 78.7 7.9
Men Age: 60 to 65 years 2014 517 296 28 193 62.6 57.2 8.7
Men Age: 25 to 35 years 2014 1,025 847 80 97 90.5 82.7 8.6
Men Age: 35 to 45 years 2014 1,096 950 70 76 93.1 86.7 6.8
Men Age: 45 to 55 years 2014 1,269 1,081 71 117 90.8 85.2 6.2
Men Age: 55 to 65 years 2014 1,082 740 66 276 74.5 68.4 8.2
Men Origin: Netherlands 2014 4,296 3,222 222 852 80.2 75.0 6.5
Men Ethnic origin: foreign background 2014 1,206 754 117 335 72.2 62.5 13.4
Men Origin: western country 2014 521 370 35 116 77.7 71.0 8.6
Men Origin: MOE country 2014 58 45 3 10 82.5 77.2 6.4
Men Origin: western country, other 2014 463 326 32 106 77.1 70.2 8.9
Men Origin: non-western country 2014 685 384 82 219 68.1 56.1 17.6
Men Origin: Suriname 2014 121 73 14 34 72.2 60.4 16.3
Men Origin: Netherlands Antilles or Aruba 2014 51 28 8 15 70.1 54.5 22.3
Men Origin: Turkey 2014 146 83 14 48 66.9 57.1 14.7
Men Origin: Morocco 2014 118 65 15 38 67.8 55.1 18.8
Men Origin: non-western country, other 2014 248 134 31 83 66.4 54.1 18.5
Men Origin unknown 2014 8 . . . . . .
Men Position in household: single person 2014 1,031 656 107 268 74.0 63.6 14.0
Men Position in household: single parent 2014 79 62 7 11 86.2 77.9 9.6
Men Position in household: parent 2014 1,997 1,805 84 107 94.6 90.4 4.5
Men Pos. in household: partner (non-parent) 2014 1,283 1,017 68 198 84.6 79.3 6.3
Men Position in household: adult child 2014 685 337 54 293 57.2 49.3 13.9
Men Position in household: underage child 2014 302 26 9 267 11.6 8.6 25.7
Men Position in household: other member 2014 134 78 11 45 66.2 57.9 12.6
Men Education level: primary 2014 470 196 36 238 49.4 41.7 15.7
Men Education level: vmbo, mbo1, avo 2014 1,059 621 78 360 66.0 58.6 11.2
Men Education level: avo - first stage 2014 326 137 16 173 47.0 42.1 10.5
Men Education level: havo, vwo, mbo 2014 2,306 1,720 151 435 81.1 74.6 8.1
Men Education level: mbo 2 or 3 2014 982 775 70 137 86.1 79.0 8.3
Men Education level: mbo 4 2014 785 650 46 89 88.6 82.8 6.6
Men Education level: havo, vwo. 2014 540 295 35 209 61.2 54.7 10.6
Men Education level:hbo, university bachelor 2014 976 830 45 101 89.7 85.1 5.1
Men Education level: university 2014 631 570 25 36 94.3 90.3 4.2
Men Education level: unknown 2014 67 44 5 18 72.9 65.2 10.5
Women Total 2014 5,470 3,233 316 1,921 64.9 59.1 8.9
Women Age: 15 to 25 years 2014 1,006 332 68 606 39.8 33.0 17.0
Women Age: 15 to 20 years 2014 483 76 23 384 20.5 15.8 23.3
Women Age: 20 to 25 years 2014 523 256 45 222 57.5 48.9 15.0
Women Age: 25 to 30 years 2014 517 384 32 101 80.4 74.2 7.7
Women Age: 30 to 35 years 2014 501 384 27 90 82.0 76.6 6.6
Women Age: 35 to 40 years 2014 502 375 30 97 80.6 74.6 7.5
Women Age: 40 to 45 years 2014 600 423 35 142 76.3 70.5 7.6
Women Age: 45 to 50 years 2014 635 446 40 149 76.5 70.2 8.2
Women Age: 50 to 55 years 2014 624 414 38 172 72.4 66.3 8.5
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table comprises yearly and quarterly figures on the main aspects of the labour force broken down by sex and other personal characteristics.

Data available from 1996 to 2014

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of 13 February 2015:
None, this table was stopped.

When will new figures be published?
This table is stopped. The update of 13 February 2015 was the last update of this table. On 26 February 2015 new revised tables about the labour force have been published. The revision of the labour force statistics consists of two parts. The definitions will be adjusted to the international standard definitions and data collection is improved by using web interviewing. For more information about this revision, see the link to the press release in paragraph 3.

Description topics

Total population aged 15-64 years
Labour force
The labour force (15-64 years) includes:
- persons who work at least 12 hours a week;
- persons who have accepted work for at least 12 hours a week;
- persons willing to work at least 12 hours a week, who are available and
actively seeking work for at least 12 hours a week.
The employed labour force includes all persons working at least 12 hours
a week.
The unemployed labour force includes all persons unemployed or working
less than 12 hours a week.
Labour position
Classification of the population aged 15-64:
- employed labour force,
- unemployed labour force,
- persons not included in the labour force.
Employed labour force
Person aged 15-64 working at least 12 hours a week.
Unemployed labour force
Persons who have accepted work for at least 12 hours a week , or
willing to work at least 12 hours a week, who are available and
actively seeking work for at least 12 hours a week.
Persons not included in the labour force
Persons not included in the labour force.
Gross labour participation
Labour force as a percentage of the population (15-64 years).
Net labour participation
Employed labour force as a percentage of the population (aged 15-64 yrs).
Percentage unemployed
Unemployed labour force as a percentage of labour force (15-64 yrs).