Employed labour force; economic activity (SIC 2008), 2003-2022

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Sex Personal characteristics Employed labour force (x 1 000)
Total male and female Total persons 148
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 5
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 13
Working hours: part-time 47
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 8
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 34
Working hours: full-time 101
Age: 15 to 24 years 16
Age: 25 to 44 years 49
Age: 25 to 34 years 21
Age: 35 to 44 years 28
Age: 45 to 54 years 37
Age: 45 to 74 years 83
Age: 55 to 64 years 41
Age: 65 to 74 years 5
Level of educ: 1. Low 52
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 62
Level of educ: 3 High 34
Level of educ: unknown 1
Empl. status: employee 123
Empl. status: permanent employee 93
Empl. status: flexible employee 30
Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect 5
Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year 5
Empl. status: temporary < 1 year 4
Empl. status: on-call worker 5
Empl. status: temp. agency worker 10
Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 1
Empl. status: self-employed 25
Empl. status: entrepreneur 24
Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees 19
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 13
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products 6
Empl. status: contributing family worker 1
Empl. status: other self-employed .
Empl. status: self-employed w. employees 5
Empl. status: solo self-employed 19
Empl. status: unknown 0
Male Total persons 113
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 3
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 7
Working hours: part-time 25
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 4
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 19
Working hours: full-time 88
Age: 15 to 24 years 13
Age: 25 to 44 years 36
Age: 25 to 34 years 17
Age: 35 to 44 years 19
Age: 45 to 54 years 27
Age: 45 to 74 years 64
Age: 55 to 64 years 34
Age: 65 to 74 years 4
Level of educ: 1. Low 37
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 50
Level of educ: 3 High 25
Level of educ: unknown 0
Empl. status: employee 92
Empl. status: permanent employee 70
Empl. status: flexible employee 23
Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect 4
Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year 4
Empl. status: temporary < 1 year 3
Empl. status: on-call worker 4
Empl. status: temp. agency worker 8
Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 1
Empl. status: self-employed 21
Empl. status: entrepreneur 21
Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees 16
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 12
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products 5
Empl. status: contributing family worker 0
Empl. status: other self-employed .
Empl. status: self-employed w. employees 5
Empl. status: solo self-employed 16
Empl. status: unknown 0
Female Total persons 35
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 2
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 6
Working hours: part-time 21
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 4
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 15
Working hours: full-time 13
Age: 15 to 24 years 3
Age: 25 to 44 years 13
Age: 25 to 34 years 4
Age: 35 to 44 years 9
Age: 45 to 54 years 11
Age: 45 to 74 years 19
Age: 55 to 64 years 7
Age: 65 to 74 years 1
Level of educ: 1. Low 14
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 12
Level of educ: 3 High 8
Level of educ: unknown 0
Empl. status: employee 31
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on the economic activities where people work. The population of 15 to 74 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) in paid employment is classified according to the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC 2008). A division by sex, age, level of education, professional status and working hours 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 for 2003-2022

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, the table has been discontinued.

From 2021 onwards the categories ‘Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours' and ‘Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours' are stopped. From 2021 they are counted in ‘Empl. status: on-call worker' category. In addition, a new category ' Empl. status: flex, contract unknown' has been added from 2021 onwards. For the self-employed, the category ' Empl. status: other self-employed' has been removed

When will new figures be released?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.

Description topics

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 75 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.