Employment; economic activity, quarterly, national accounts, 1995-2018

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Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Jobs Jobs (x 1 000) Jobs Jobs seasonal adjusted (x 1 000)
Total A-U All economic activities 10,295 10,384
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 244 253
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 871 873
C Manufacturing 801 803
F Construction 528 531
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,496 2,517
J Information and communication 319 319
K Financial institutions 231 231
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 85 86
M-N Business services 2,279 2,337
78 Employment activities . .
O-Q Government and care 2,736 2,729
O Public administration and services 523 521
P Education 604 598
Q Health and social work activities 1,609 1,610
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 507 510
Employee A-U All economic activities 8,197 8,286
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 98 106
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 816 818
C Manufacturing 749 751
F Construction 312 314
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2,169 2,188
J Information and communication 265 265
K Financial institutions 222 222
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 67 68
M-N Business services 1,612 1,670
78 Employment activities 801 845
O-Q Government and care 2,332 2,329
O Public administration and services 523 521
P Education 529 525
Q Health and social work activities 1,280 1,283
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 304 308
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2,098 2,098
A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 146 147
B-E Industry (no construction), energy 55 55
C Manufacturing 52 52
F Construction 216 217
G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 327 329
J Information and communication 54 54
K Financial institutions 9 9
L Renting, buying, selling real estate 18 18
M-N Business services 667 667
78 Employment activities . .
O-Q Government and care 404 401
O Public administration and services 0 0
P Education 74 73
Q Health and social work activities 329 328
R-U Culture, recreation, other services 203 202
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual and quarterly data on employed persons, jobs, and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series are also available in this table.

Data available from: 1995 first quarter up to and including 2018 first quarter.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2014 are final. Data of 2015 and further are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2015 and further will not become final.

Changes as of June 22nd 2018:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources and estimation methods have been used during the revision. Therefore this table has been replaced by table Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

Description topics

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.

A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons.
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.

A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons.
Jobs seasonal adjusted
The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.