Labour Accounts; employment, economic activity, sex; 1969-2012
| Sex | Employment type | Economic Activities (NACE Rev. 2) | Periods | Employed persons (x 1 000) | Jobs (x 1 000) | Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1 000) | Hours worked (mil hour) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female | Total | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 2,181 | 2,308 | 1,619 | 3,006 |
| Total male and female | Total | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 1,450 | 1,515 | 1,075 | 1,953 |
| Total male and female | Total | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 521 | 543 | 458 | 838 |
| Total male and female | Total | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 789 | 826 | 497 | 894 |
| Total male and female | Employee | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 1,927 | 2,026 | 1,406 | 2,465 |
| Total male and female | Employee | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 1,279 | 1,326 | 932 | 1,603 |
| Total male and female | Employee | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 470 | 484 | 417 | 739 |
| Total male and female | Employee | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 689 | 718 | 413 | 688 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 254 | 283 | 213 | 541 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 171 | 189 | 143 | 351 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 50 | 58 | 41 | 99 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 99 | 107 | 84 | 206 |
| Male | Total | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 1,277 | 1,353 | 1,066 | 2,028 |
| Male | Total | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 806 | 842 | 676 | 1,259 |
| Male | Total | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 363 | 379 | 340 | 625 |
| Male | Total | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 329 | 343 | 233 | 442 |
| Male | Employee | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 1,115 | 1,170 | 924 | 1,647 |
| Male | Employee | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 699 | 721 | 581 | 1,011 |
| Male | Employee | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 328 | 338 | 310 | 550 |
| Male | Employee | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 273 | 282 | 183 | 309 |
| Male | Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 161 | 183 | 142 | 381 |
| Male | Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 107 | 121 | 95 | 247 |
| Male | Self-employed | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 35 | 41 | 29 | 75 |
| Male | Self-employed | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 56 | 61 | 51 | 133 |
| Female | Total | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 905 | 955 | 552 | 979 |
| Female | Total | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 643 | 674 | 399 | 694 |
| Female | Total | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 158 | 164 | 119 | 213 |
| Female | Total | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 459 | 483 | 263 | 452 |
| Female | Employee | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 812 | 855 | 482 | 819 |
| Female | Employee | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 580 | 605 | 351 | 591 |
| Female | Employee | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 142 | 146 | 107 | 189 |
| Female | Employee | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 416 | 437 | 230 | 379 |
| Female | Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2012* | 93 | 100 | 70 | 160 |
| Female | Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2012* | 64 | 69 | 48 | 103 |
| Female | Self-employed | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2012* | 16 | 18 | 12 | 24 |
| Female | Self-employed | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2012* | 43 | 46 | 33 | 73 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
Table explanation
This table provides annual data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual data on employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked.
Data available from: 1969 through 2012
Status of the figures:
The figures concerning 2011 and 2012 are (revised) provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.
Changes as of June 25th 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
This table is replaced by Labour Accounts; employment, economic activity, sex. See paragraph 3.
Description topics
- Employed persons
- Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an
institution or private household in the Netherlands. - Jobs
- A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and
an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return
for (financial) remuneration.
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A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed
persons. - Full-time equivalent (fte)
- A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and
part-time jobs to full-time jobs - Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.