Labour participation; key figures, 2003-2022

Changed on: 16/01/2023 02:00

Labour participation; key figures, 2003-2022
Sex	Age	Highest educational level	Periods	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Full-time (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week Less than 20 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week Less than 12 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week 12 to 19 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 20 to 34 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 20 to 27 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 28 to 34 working hours a week (x 1 000)
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	4,912	1,555	886	670	2,945	1,279	1,666
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	741	616	401	215	462	229	233
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	1,722	665	341	325	1,226	591	635
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	2,418	268	141	127	1,241	452	789
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	31	5	3	2	15	7	8
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	368	883	612	271	326	167	159
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	79	436	328	107	89	47	42
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	180	376	237	139	179	94	85
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	110	72	47	25	57	25	32
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	4,827	1,440	813	627	2,855	1,224	1,631
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	715	582	379	203	440	215	225
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	1,691	626	320	306	1,191	568	623
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	2,389	228	112	116	1,209	435	774
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	31	4	2	2	15	7	8
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	2,318	245	91	154	1,224	478	747
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	218	44	15	29	91	38	53
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	722	112	38	74	442	195	247
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	1,364	87	37	50	686	241	445
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	14	2	1	1	6	3	2
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	1,280	129	53	76	572	205	367
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	86	18	7	12	37	17	20
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	383	63	24	39	205	82	123
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	803	47	21	25	327	104	222
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	8	0	0	0	3	1	2
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	1,038	116	38	78	652	272	380
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	131	26	8	18	54	20	33
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	340	49	14	35	237	113	124
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	561	40	16	24	359	137	222
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	6	1	1	1	3	2	1
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	1,222	132	39	93	666	284	382
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	201	40	14	26	99	46	53
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	439	59	13	46	290	141	149
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	574	32	12	20	271	96	175
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	9	1	0	1	6	1	4
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	2,141	312	111	202	1,304	579	725
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	419	103	36	66	260	130	130
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	790	138	46	93	569	278	291
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	916	69	28	41	467	169	298
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	16	2	1	2	8	3	6
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	2,225	428	183	245	1,394	635	759
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	444	137	58	79	282	144	138
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	820	178	66	112	605	302	303
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	945	110	57	53	498	186	312
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	16	4	2	2	8	3	6
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	919	181	72	109	638	295	343
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	218	63	23	40	161	84	77
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	351	79	33	47	279	137	142
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	342	37	16	21	196	73	122
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	7	1	0	1	3	1	2
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	84	115	72	43	90	55	35
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	25	34	21	13	23	15	8
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	31	39	20	19	35	24	12
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	29	41	29	11	32	17	15
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	52	546	411	135	94	57	37
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	34	404	312	92	57	33	24
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	17	139	97	42	34	22	13
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	0	3	2	1	2	1	0
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	316	337	201	136	233	111	122
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	45	32	16	15	32	14	18
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	162	237	140	96	145	73	72
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	109	69	45	24	55	24	32
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	654	76	35	41	256	84	172
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	36	7	2	4	17	7	10
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	192	38	18	21	96	35	62
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	422	30	15	15	141	41	99
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	4	0	0	0	2	1	1
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	626	53	18	36	316	121	195
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	50	12	4	7	20	10	10
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	191	25	7	18	109	47	61
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	380	16	6	10	186	63	123
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	4	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	530	53	17	35	338	141	197
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	63	9	2	7	20	9	11
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	168	22	6	16	111	54	57
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	296	21	9	12	206	77	129
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	3	1	0	1	2	1	0
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	508	63	21	43	314	131	183
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	68	17	6	11	33	11	22
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	172	27	8	20	126	60	67
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	265	19	7	12	153	60	94
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	3	1	1	0	1	1	0
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	564	58	15	43	319	138	181
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	86	13	4	9	38	17	21
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	192	26	5	22	134	70	64
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	283	18	6	12	144	51	93
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	4	0	0	0	2	1	2
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	659	74	24	50	347	146	202
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	115	26	9	17	61	29	32
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	247	32	8	24	156	71	85
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	291	14	6	8	127	45	82
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	5	1	0	0	3	1	3
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	Total	2022 1st quarter	567	90	35	55	349	159	190
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	1 Lower education	2022 1st quarter	123	26	9	18	80	42	38
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	2 Intermediate education	2022 1st quarter	225	42	17	25	158	79	79
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	3 Higher education	2022 1st quarter	215	21	9	12	109	37	72
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	Unknown	2022 1st quarter	5	1	0	1	2	1	1
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.

This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on labour participation in the Netherlands. The population of 15 to 74 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) is divided into the employed labour force, the unemployed labour force and those not in the labour force. The employed labour force is subdivided on the basis of the professional status, and the average working hours. A division by sex, age and level of education is available.

Due to changes in the survey design and the questionnaire of the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a revision of the figures for 2021 was carried out in the first quarter of 2022.
As a result, the numbers of 2021 and later will not be comparable to the years 2003-2020.

Data available from: 2003-2022

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

Changes as of Januariy 16, 2023:
The periods were still indicated in Dutch. That has been converted to English.

Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, the table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be released?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.

Description topics

Labour force

People
- who have paid work (employed labour force), or
- who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it (unemployed labour force).

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.

Employed labour force

People who have paid work.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.

Working hours

The number of hours someone works in a normal or average working week.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Part-time

The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 35 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Less than 20 working hours a week

The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Less than 20 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Less than 12 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

12 to 19 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 12 to 19 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

20 to 34 working hours a week

The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

20 to 34 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

20 to 27 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 27 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

28 to 34 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 28 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Full-time: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 35 hours or more.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.