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 G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 2,262
Total male and female Total persons G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 1,422
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 420
Total male and female Working hours: less than 12 hours a week G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 279
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 683
Total male and female Working hours: less than 20 hours a week G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 437
Total male and female Working hours: part-time G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 1,219
Total male and female Working hours: part-time G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 784
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 263
Total male and female Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 158
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 537
Total male and female Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 347
Total male and female Working hours: full-time G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 1,043
Total male and female Working hours: full-time G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 638
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 738
Total male and female Age: 15 to 24 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 480
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 697
Total male and female Age: 25 to 44 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 438
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 360
Total male and female Age: 25 to 34 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 226
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 337
Total male and female Age: 35 to 44 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 212
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 412
Total male and female Age: 45 to 54 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 258
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 827
Total male and female Age: 45 to 74 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 504
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 342
Total male and female Age: 55 to 64 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 203
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 74
Total male and female Age: 65 to 74 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 44
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 785
Total male and female Level of educ: 1. Low G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 485
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 1,014
Total male and female Level of educ: 2 Intermediate G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 636
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 445
Total male and female Level of educ: 3 High G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 294
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 18
Total male and female Level of educ: unknown G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 7
Total male and female Empl. status: employee G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 1,988
Total male and female Empl. status: employee G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 1,263
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 1,091
Total male and female Empl. status: permanent employee G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 717
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 897
Total male and female Empl. status: flexible employee G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 546
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 113
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with perm. prospect G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 77
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 99
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary >= 1 year G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 71
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 91
Total male and female Empl. status: temporary < 1 year G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 63
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 461
Total male and female Empl. status: on-call worker G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 275
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 86
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. agency worker G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 33
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: perm. with flexible hours G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: temp. with flexible hours G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 47
Total male and female Empl. status: flex, contract unknown G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 27
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 274
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 159
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 264
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 154
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 149
Total male and female Empl. status: entrepreneur no employees G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 84
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 83
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -labour G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 30
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 65
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-empl. -products G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 54
Total male and female Empl. status: contributing family worker G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 10
Total male and female Empl. status: contributing family worker G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 5
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: other self-employed G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter .
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed w. employees G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 115
Total male and female Empl. status: self-employed w. employees G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 70
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-employed G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 149
Total male and female Empl. status: solo self-employed G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 84
Total male and female Empl. status: unknown G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 0
Total male and female Empl. status: unknown G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 0
Male Total persons G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 1,326
Male Total persons G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 787
Male Working hours: less than 12 hours a week G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 196
Male Working hours: less than 12 hours a week G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 125
Male Working hours: less than 20 hours a week G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 309
Male Working hours: less than 20 hours a week G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 184
Male Working hours: part-time G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 504
Male Working hours: part-time G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 291
Male Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 113
Male Working hours: 12 to 19 hours a week G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 59
Male Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 195
Male Working hours: 20 to 34 hours a week G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 107
Male Working hours: full-time G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 822
Male Working hours: full-time G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 496
Male Age: 15 to 24 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 387
Male Age: 15 to 24 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 242
Male Age: 25 to 44 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 430
Male Age: 25 to 44 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 253
Male Age: 25 to 34 years G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2022 1st quarter 223
Male Age: 25 to 34 years G Wholesale and retail trade 2022 1st quarter 133
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.