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

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

Sex Personal characteristics Periods Employed labour force aged 15-64 Position on the labour market Employee with a flexible job Stand-by employee/Substitute employee (x 1 000) Employed labour force aged 15-64 Branch of industry Agriculture, forestry and fishing (x 1 000)
Total men and women Origin: Netherlands 2014 168 .
Total men and women Origin: Netherlands Antilles or Aruba 2014 2 .
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


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

Employed labour force aged 15-64
Persons working at least 12 hours a week.
Position on the labour market
Persons working at least 12 hours a week.
Employee with a flexible job
A person who has an employment contract that is of limited duration or whose number of
working hours are not laid down by contract.
These are:
Employee with a temporary contract and a permanent job in prospect and whose working hours are laid down by contract
Employee with a temporary contract of 1 year or more and whose working hours are laid down by contract
Employee with other temporary contracts and whose working hours are laid down by contract
Stand-by employee/Substitute employee
Temporary worker
Employee with a permanent contract whose working hours are not laid down by contract
Employee with a temporary contract whose working hours are not laid down by contract

Stand-by employee/Substitute employee
Employee who is available on call.
Branch of industry
Branch of industry
Branch of industry is a combination into 4 branches based on the Standard
industrial classification (SBI). SBI is the Dutch classification of
economic activities used by Statistics Netherlands to list companies by
their main activity. From 1996-2007 SBI'93 is used, from 2008 onwards SBI
2008. The figures on economic activity of 2012 will become available in
September 2013.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
From 1996-2007 (SBI'93) this branch of industry contains:
A Agriculture
B Fishing
From 2008 onwards (SBI 2008) this branch of industry contains:
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing