Labour participation; key figures
| Sex | Age | Highest educational level | Periods | Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Employee Flexible employee (x 1 000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2,630 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 734 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 1,038 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 843 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 74 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 14 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 1,207 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 507 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 536 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 163 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 1 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2,561 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 716 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 1,009 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 822 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 64 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 14 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 925 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 97 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 295 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 525 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 44 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 8 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 622 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 48 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 193 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 377 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 34 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 4 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 302 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 49 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 102 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 148 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 44 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 4 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 250 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 58 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 98 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 91 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 54 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 429 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 112 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 179 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 134 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 64 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 4 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 498 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 130 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 208 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 155 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 74 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 5 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 179 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 53 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 81 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 43 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 64 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 69 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 19 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 29 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 21 |
| Total male and female | 65 to 74 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 0 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 607 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 436 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 166 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 4 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 1 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 600 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 71 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 370 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 159 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 0 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 373 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 21 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 115 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 235 |
| Total male and female | 25 to 29 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 250 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 27 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 78 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 142 |
| Total male and female | 30 to 34 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 172 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 22 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 51 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 97 |
| Total male and female | 35 to 39 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 130 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 27 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 51 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 50 |
| Total male and female | 40 to 44 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 118 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 24 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 43 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 49 |
| Total male and female | 45 to 49 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 1 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 132 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 34 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 55 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 41 |
| Total male and female | 50 to 54 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | Total | 2022 1e kwartaal | 108 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | 1 Lower education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 29 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | 2 Intermediate education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 49 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | 3 Higher education | 2022 1e kwartaal | 28 |
| Total male and female | 55 to 59 years | Unknown | 2022 1e kwartaal | 2 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||
Table description
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
Status of the figures:
The figures for 2021 and 2022 are final.
Changes as of May 17, 2022:
The figures for the first quarter of 2022 have been published.
When will new figures be released?
New figures will be published August 17, 2022.
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.- Employee
- A person who makes arrangements in a collective agreement for labour purposes and who is being paid in return.
When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.- Flexible employee
- An employee with an employment contract for a limited period or a flexible number of hours. Enclosed here are: - Temporary employee, permanent prospect - Temporary employee, >=1 year - Temporary employee, <1 year - On-call worker (including permanent and temporary employees with flexible hours) - Temporary agency worker - Employee flex, contract unknown.
When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.