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 2,997
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 192
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 418
Working hours: part-time 1,823
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 225
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 1,406
Working hours: full-time 1,174
Age: 15 to 24 years 332
Age: 25 to 44 years 1,307
Age: 25 to 34 years 688
Age: 35 to 44 years 619
Age: 45 to 54 years 634
Age: 45 to 74 years 1,358
Age: 55 to 64 years 635
Age: 65 to 74 years 89
Level of educ: 1. Low 285
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 1,058
Level of educ: 3 High 1,651
Level of educ: unknown 4
Empl. status: employee 2,738
Empl. status: permanent employee 1,974
Empl. status: flexible employee 764
Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect 212
Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year 171
Empl. status: temporary < 1 year 96
Empl. status: on-call worker 154
Empl. status: temp. agency worker 121
Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 9
Empl. status: self-employed 259
Empl. status: entrepreneur 256
Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees 206
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 197
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products 9
Empl. status: contributing family worker 3
Empl. status: other self-employed .
Empl. status: self-employed w. employees 50
Empl. status: solo self-employed 206
Empl. status: unknown 0
Male Total persons 929
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 54
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 86
Working hours: part-time 314
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 32
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 228
Working hours: full-time 616
Age: 15 to 24 years 96
Age: 25 to 44 years 401
Age: 25 to 34 years 213
Age: 35 to 44 years 188
Age: 45 to 54 years 180
Age: 45 to 74 years 433
Age: 55 to 64 years 214
Age: 65 to 74 years 39
Level of educ: 1. Low 82
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 294
Level of educ: 3 High 552
Level of educ: unknown 1
Empl. status: employee 834
Empl. status: permanent employee 591
Empl. status: flexible employee 243
Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect 59
Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year 56
Empl. status: temporary < 1 year 25
Empl. status: on-call worker 49
Empl. status: temp. agency worker 51
Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 3
Empl. status: self-employed 95
Empl. status: entrepreneur 93
Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees 67
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 65
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products 1
Empl. status: contributing family worker 3
Empl. status: other self-employed .
Empl. status: self-employed w. employees 26
Empl. status: solo self-employed 67
Empl. status: unknown 0
Female Total persons 2,068
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 138
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 332
Working hours: part-time 1,510
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 194
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 1,178
Working hours: full-time 558
Age: 15 to 24 years 237
Age: 25 to 44 years 906
Age: 25 to 34 years 476
Age: 35 to 44 years 431
Age: 45 to 54 years 455
Age: 45 to 74 years 925
Age: 55 to 64 years 421
Age: 65 to 74 years 50
Level of educ: 1. Low 203
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 764
Level of educ: 3 High 1,099
Level of educ: unknown 3
Empl. status: employee 1,904
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.