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 O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 653
Total male and female Total persons Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 1,612
Total male and female Total persons 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 746
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 10
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 114
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 37
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 23
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 279
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 89
Total male and female Working hours: part-time O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 223
Total male and female Working hours: part-time Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 1,173
Total male and female Working hours: part-time 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 464
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 13
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 165
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 52
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 200
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 894
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 375
Total male and female Working hours: full-time O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 430
Total male and female Working hours: full-time Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 439
Total male and female Working hours: full-time 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 282
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 34
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 207
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 86
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 286
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 691
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 350
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 148
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 371
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 193
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 137
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 320
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 157
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 162
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 325
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 146
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 334
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 714
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 310
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 159
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 341
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 142
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 14
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 49
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 21
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 58
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 188
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 39
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 223
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 681
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 238
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 372
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 740
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 468
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 3
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 1
Total male and female Empl. status: employee O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 649
Total male and female Empl. status: employee Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 1,436
Total male and female Empl. status: employee 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 629
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 516
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 1,015
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 437
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 133
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 421
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 192
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 48
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 107
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 38
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 21
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 99
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 57
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 10
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 52
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 22
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 12
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 101
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 35
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 42
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 57
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 37
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 6
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 3
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 5
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 176
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 117
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 5
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 173
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 115
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 4
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees Q Health and social work activities 2022 1st quarter 130
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees 86 Human health activities 2022 1st quarter 79
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour O Public administration and services 2022 1st quarter 4
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.