Employment; economic activity, sex, national accounts,1969-2016

Employment; economic activity, sex, national accounts,1969-2016

Gender Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Employed persons (x 1 000) Jobs (x 1 000) Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1 000) Hours worked (mil hour)
Total male and female Total C Manufacturing 2016* 768 795 701 1,249
Total male and female Total 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2016* 129 136 112 200
Total male and female Total 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2016* 17 18 14 26
Total male and female Total 16 Manufacture of wood products 2016* 14 14 12 23
Total male and female Total 16-18 Man. of paper-, wood prod.,print. 2016* 52 54 48 85
Total male and female Total 17 Manufacture of paper 2016* 17 17 16 28
Total male and female Total 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2016* 6 6 6 10
Total male and female Total 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2016* 44 44 42 73
Total male and female Total 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2016* 13 14 12 21
Total male and female Total 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2016* 32 32 29 53
Total male and female Total 22-23 Man. of plastic and building mat. 2016* 52 54 49 89
Total male and female Total 23 Manufacture of building materials 2016* 21 21 20 36
Total male and female Total 24 Manufacture of basic metals 2016* 20 20 19 34
Total male and female Total 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2016* 109 113 102 188
Total male and female Total 25 Manufacture of metal products 2016* 90 93 83 154
Total male and female Total 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2016* 25 25 23 41
Total male and female Total 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2016* 21 22 20 36
Total male and female Total 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2016* 81 82 76 140
Total male and female Total 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2016* 21 21 20 35
Total male and female Total 30 Manufacture of other transport 2016* 17 18 16 30
Total male and female Total 31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2016* 136 140 118 197
Total male and female Total 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2016* 182 188 160 276
Total male and female Total E Water supply and waste management 2016* 32 33 30 57
Total male and female Total 69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2016* 354 401 314 584
Total male and female Total 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2016* 481 540 431 805
Total male and female Total 86 Human health activities 2016* 559 625 452 750
Total male and female Employee C Manufacturing 2016* 728 741 663 1,165
Total male and female Employee 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2016* 123 127 105 186
Total male and female Employee 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2016* 13 14 12 20
Total male and female Employee 16 Manufacture of wood products 2016* 12 12 11 19
Total male and female Employee 16-18 Man. of paper-, wood prod.,print. 2016* 47 49 44 77
Total male and female Employee 17 Manufacture of paper 2016* 17 17 16 28
Total male and female Employee 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2016* 6 6 6 10
Total male and female Employee 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2016* 44 44 41 73
Total male and female Employee 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2016* 13 13 11 20
Total male and female Employee 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2016* 31 32 29 52
Total male and female Employee 22-23 Man. of plastic and building mat. 2016* 51 51 48 86
Total male and female Employee 23 Manufacture of building materials 2016* 20 20 19 34
Total male and female Employee 24 Manufacture of basic metals 2016* 19 20 19 34
Total male and female Employee 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2016* 102 104 96 173
Total male and female Employee 25 Manufacture of metal products 2016* 83 85 77 139
Total male and female Employee 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2016* 24 25 23 40
Total male and female Employee 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2016* 21 21 20 34
Total male and female Employee 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2016* 80 81 76 138
Total male and female Employee 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2016* 20 21 20 35
Total male and female Employee 30 Manufacture of other transport 2016* 17 17 16 28
Total male and female Employee 31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2016* 126 128 109 177
Total male and female Employee 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2016* 167 169 147 246
Total male and female Employee E Water supply and waste management 2016* 32 33 30 56
Total male and female Employee 69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2016* 271 284 239 421
Total male and female Employee 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2016* 374 391 333 593
Total male and female Employee 86 Human health activities 2016* 484 517 387 606
Total male and female Self-employed C Manufacturing 2016* 40 54 37 84
Total male and female Self-employed 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2016* 6 9 7 14
Total male and female Self-employed 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2016* 3 4 3 6
Total male and female Self-employed 16 Manufacture of wood products 2016* 2 2 2 4
Total male and female Self-employed 16-18 Man. of paper-, wood prod.,print. 2016* 4 5 4 9
Total male and female Self-employed 17 Manufacture of paper 2016* 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Self-employed 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2016* 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Self-employed 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2016* 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Self-employed 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2016* 0 1 1 1
Total male and female Self-employed 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2016* 0 1 0 1
Total male and female Self-employed 22-23 Man. of plastic and building mat. 2016* 2 2 1 3
Total male and female Self-employed 23 Manufacture of building materials 2016* 1 1 1 2
Total male and female Self-employed 24 Manufacture of basic metals 2016* 0 0 0 0
Total male and female Self-employed 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2016* 7 9 6 15
Total male and female Self-employed 25 Manufacture of metal products 2016* 7 8 6 14
Total male and female Self-employed 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2016* 1 1 0 1
Total male and female Self-employed 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2016* 1 1 0 1
Total male and female Self-employed 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2016* 1 1 1 2
Total male and female Self-employed 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2016* 0 0 0 1
Total male and female Self-employed 30 Manufacture of other transport 2016* 1 1 1 2
Total male and female Self-employed 31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2016* 10 13 9 20
Total male and female Self-employed 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2016* 15 19 13 30
Total male and female Self-employed E Water supply and waste management 2016* 0 1 0 1
Total male and female Self-employed 69-70 Legal and management consultancy 2016* 83 117 76 163
Total male and female Self-employed 69-71 Management, technical consultancy 2016* 107 149 98 212
Total male and female Self-employed 86 Human health activities 2016* 75 108 65 145
Male Total C Manufacturing 2016* 599 615 572 1,030
Male Total 10-12 Manufacture of food and beverages 2016* 84 88 80 145
Male Total 13-15 Man. of textile-, leatherproducts 2016* 10 10 9 16
Male Total 16 Manufacture of wood products 2016* 12 13 11 21
Male Total 16-18 Man. of paper-, wood prod.,print. 2016* 41 43 39 71
Male Total 17 Manufacture of paper 2016* 14 14 14 24
Male Total 19 Manufacture of coke and petroleum 2016* 5 5 5 9
Male Total 20 Manufacture of chemicals 2016* 35 35 34 60
Male Total 21 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals 2016* 7 8 8 13
Male Total 22 Manufacture rubber, plastic products 2016* 26 26 25 45
Male Total 22-23 Man. of plastic and building mat. 2016* 44 45 43 77
Male Total 23 Manufacture of building materials 2016* 18 19 18 33
Male Total 24 Manufacture of basic metals 2016* 18 18 17 31
Male Total 24-25 Man. of basic metals and -products 2016* 97 100 93 172
Male Total 25 Manufacture of metal products 2016* 80 82 76 141
Male Total 26 Manufacture of electronic products 2016* 20 20 19 34
Male Total 27 Manufacture of electric equipment 2016* 17 18 17 30
Male Total 28 Manufacture of machinery n.e.c. 2016* 70 72 69 126
Male Total 29 Manufacture of cars and trailers 2016* 19 19 18 33
Male Total 30 Manufacture of other transport 2016* 15 15 15 27
Male Total 31-32 Manufacture of furniture; other 2016* 94 97 86 145
Male Total 31-33 Other manufacturing and repair 2016* 133 137 123 215
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


This table provides annual data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual data on employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked.

Data available from: 1969 up to and including 2016.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1969 up to and including 2014 are final. Data of 2015 and 2016 are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2015 and 2016 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, sex, National Accounts. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

Description topics

Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
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.
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.