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 R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 377 492 313 584
Total male and female Total R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 163 217 135 259
Total male and female Total 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 68 92 48 87
Total male and female Employee R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 241 297 177 296
Total male and female Employee R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 103 127 74 125
Total male and female Employee 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 57 76 38 65
Total male and female Self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 135 195 136 289
Total male and female Self-employed R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 60 89 61 134
Total male and female Self-employed 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 11 16 10 22
Male Total R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 143 189 131 255
Male Total R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 81 111 75 148
Male Total 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 33 46 27 49
Male Employee R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 93 114 77 132
Male Employee R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 49 61 39 67
Male Employee 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 27 37 21 36
Male Self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 50 75 55 123
Male Self-employed R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 33 51 35 81
Male Self-employed 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 6 9 6 13
Female Total R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 234 304 182 329
Female Total R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 82 105 61 111
Female Total 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 35 46 22 38
Female Employee R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 149 183 101 164
Female Employee R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 55 67 35 58
Female Employee 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 30 39 17 29
Female Self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2016* 85 121 81 165
Female Self-employed R Culture, sports and recreation 2016* 27 39 25 53
Female Self-employed 93 Sports and recreation 2016* 5 7 4 9
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


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.