Labour participation; key figures, 2003-2022
| Sex | Age | Highest educational level | Periods | Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Self-employed person Self-employed without employees (x 1 000) | Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Self-employed person Self-employed with employees (x 1 000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 1,120 | 336 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 167 | 59 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 401 | 126 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 541 | 149 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 11 | 2 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 59 | 3 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 13 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 33 | 2 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 12 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 1,014 | 318 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 147 | 54 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 365 | 118 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 492 | 144 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 10 | 2 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 376 | 113 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 39 | 12 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 127 | 41 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 207 | 59 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 4 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 157 | 31 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 14 | 2 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 57 | 17 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 83 | 12 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 2 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 219 | 82 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 24 | 10 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 70 | 24 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 124 | 48 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 2 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 297 | 120 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 40 | 23 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 103 | 44 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 151 | 52 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 2 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 579 | 202 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 95 | 41 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 205 | 75 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 272 | 85 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 6 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 685 | 219 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 115 | 46 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 241 | 83 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 321 | 90 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 7 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 282 | 81 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 55 | 17 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 103 | 31 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 121 | 32 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 4 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 106 | 18 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 20 | 5 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 36 | 8 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 49 | 5 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 1 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 14 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 9 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 5 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 1 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 45 | 3 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 4 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 29 | 2 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 12 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 70 | 8 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 7 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 28 | 6 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 34 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 1 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 87 | 23 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 7 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 29 | 11 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 50 | 10 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 1 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 104 | 35 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 9 | 5 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 37 | 10 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 56 | 20 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 1 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 115 | 47 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 15 | 5 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 32 | 15 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 68 | 27 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 0 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 132 | 59 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 18 | 10 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 43 | 21 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 71 | 28 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 1 | 0 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 164 | 61 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 22 | 13 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 60 | 23 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 81 | 24 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 2 | 1 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 162 | 49 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1st quarter | 28 | 8 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1st quarter | 59 | 21 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1st quarter | 73 | 20 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | Unknown | 2022 1st quarter | 3 | 0 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||
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.- Professional status
- Classification of the employed labour force into:
Employee
- permanent
- flexible
Self-employed
- without employees (solo self-employed)
- with employees
- contributing family worker
When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.- Self-employed person
- A person who works for his/her own account and risk
- in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
- as an owner-manager, or
- in the company or practice of a family member (contributing family worker), or
- as another self-employed person (for example in an independent profession).
When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.- Self-employed without employees
- A person who works for his/her own account and risk
- in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
- as an owner-manager, or
- as another self-employed person (for example in an independent profession), and
- who has no employees.
When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
- Self-employed with employees
- A person who works for his/her own account and risk
- in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
- as an owner-manager, and
- who has employees.
When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.