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

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Employment type Hours worked Hours worked (mil hour) Hours worked Hours worked seasonal adjusted (mil hour)
Total 450 419
Employee 366 336
Self-employed 84 83
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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 Therefore this table has been replaced by table Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts.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

Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked seasonal adjusted
The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.