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 653
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 10
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 23
Working hours: part-time 223
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 13
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 200
Working hours: full-time 430
Age: 15 to 24 years 34
Age: 25 to 44 years 286
Age: 25 to 34 years 148
Age: 35 to 44 years 137
Age: 45 to 54 years 162
Age: 45 to 74 years 334
Age: 55 to 64 years 159
Age: 65 to 74 years 14
Level of educ: 1. Low 58
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 223
Level of educ: 3 High 372
Level of educ: unknown 0
Empl. status: employee 649
Empl. status: permanent employee 516
Empl. status: flexible employee 133
Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect 48
Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year 21
Empl. status: temporary < 1 year 10
Empl. status: on-call worker 12
Empl. status: temp. agency worker 42
Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 0
Empl. status: self-employed 5
Empl. status: entrepreneur 5
Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees 4
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 4
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products 1
Empl. status: contributing family worker 0
Empl. status: other self-employed .
Empl. status: self-employed w. employees 1
Empl. status: solo self-employed 4
Empl. status: unknown 0
Male Total persons 350
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 5
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 10
Working hours: part-time 66
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 5
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 57
Working hours: full-time 284
Age: 15 to 24 years 17
Age: 25 to 44 years 144
Age: 25 to 34 years 71
Age: 35 to 44 years 73
Age: 45 to 54 years 83
Age: 45 to 74 years 190
Age: 55 to 64 years 97
Age: 65 to 74 years 10
Level of educ: 1. Low 34
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 133
Level of educ: 3 High 183
Level of educ: unknown 0
Empl. status: employee 347
Empl. status: permanent employee 282
Empl. status: flexible employee 65
Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect 22
Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year 12
Empl. status: temporary < 1 year 4
Empl. status: on-call worker 6
Empl. status: temp. agency worker 20
Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours .
Empl. status: flex, contract unknown 0
Empl. status: self-employed 3
Empl. status: entrepreneur 3
Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees 3
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour 2
Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products 0
Empl. status: contributing family worker 0
Empl. status: other self-employed .
Empl. status: self-employed w. employees 0
Empl. status: solo self-employed 3
Empl. status: unknown 0
Female Total persons 303
Working hours: less than 12 hours a week 5
Working hours: less than 20 hours a week 13
Working hours: part-time 157
Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week 8
Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week 143
Working hours: full-time 146
Age: 15 to 24 years 17
Age: 25 to 44 years 142
Age: 25 to 34 years 78
Age: 35 to 44 years 64
Age: 45 to 54 years 78
Age: 45 to 74 years 144
Age: 55 to 64 years 62
Age: 65 to 74 years 4
Level of educ: 1. Low 24
Level of educ: 2 Intermediate 90
Level of educ: 3 High 189
Level of educ: unknown 0
Empl. status: employee 301
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.