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

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

Sex Personal characteristics SIC 2008 Periods Employed labour force (x 1 000)
Total male and female Total persons A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 9,412
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 886
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,555
Total male and female Working hours: part-time A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 4,500
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 670
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 2,945
Total male and female Working hours: full-time A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 4,912
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,578
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 3,787
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,981
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,806
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 2,020
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 4,047
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,738
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 290
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,819
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 3,614
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 3,928
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 52
Total male and female Empl. status: employee A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 7,926
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 5,296
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 2,630
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 570
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 387
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 300
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 868
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 422
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 83
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,486
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,455
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,120
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 943
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 177
Total male and female Empl. status: contributing family worker A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 31
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed w. employees A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 336
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,120
Total male and female Empl. status: unknown A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Total persons A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 4,974
Male Working hours: less than 12 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 385
Male Working hours: less than 20 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 602
Male Working hours: part-time A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,427
Male Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 216
Male Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 826
Male Working hours: full-time A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 3,546
Male Age: 15 to 24 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 797
Male Age: 25 to 44 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,989
Male Age: 25 to 34 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,025
Male Age: 35 to 44 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 963
Male Age: 45 to 54 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,046
Male Age: 45 to 74 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 2,188
Male Age: 55 to 64 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 953
Male Age: 65 to 74 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 188
Male Level of educ: 1. Low A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,052
Male Level of educ: 2 Intermediate A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,907
Male Level of educ: 3 High A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,983
Male Level of educ: unknown A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 32
Male Empl. status: employee A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 4,032
Male Empl. status: permanent employee A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 2,759
Male Empl. status: flexible employee A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,273
Male Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 264
Male Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 165
Male Empl. status: temporary < 1 year A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 129
Male Empl. status: on-call worker A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 417
Male Empl. status: temp. agency worker A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 259
Male Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: flex, contract unknown A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 38
Male Empl. status: self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 942
Male Empl. status: entrepreneur A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 930
Male Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 680
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 565
Male Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 115
Male Empl. status: contributing family worker A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 12
Male Empl. status: other self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter .
Male Empl. status: self-employed w. employees A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 250
Male Empl. status: solo self-employed A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 680
Male Empl. status: unknown A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 0
Female Total persons A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 4,439
Female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 500
Female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 954
Female Working hours: part-time A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 3,073
Female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 453
Female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 2,119
Female Working hours: full-time A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,366
Female Age: 15 to 24 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 781
Female Age: 25 to 44 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,799
Female Age: 25 to 34 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 955
Female Age: 35 to 44 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 843
Female Age: 45 to 54 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 974
Female Age: 45 to 74 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,859
Female Age: 55 to 64 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 784
Female Age: 65 to 74 years A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 102
Female Level of educ: 1. Low A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 767
Female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,707
Female Level of educ: 3 High A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 1,945
Female Level of educ: unknown A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 19
Female Empl. status: employee A-U All economic activities 2022 1st quarter 3,894
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


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.