Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts
| Sex | Employment type | Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Employed persons (x 1,000) | Jobs (x 1,000) | Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1,000) | Hours worked (million hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female | Total | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 10,157 | 11,377 | 8,145 | 14,292 |
| Total male and female | Employees | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 8,403 | 8,899 | 6,756 | 11,387 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 1,754 | 2,478 | 1,389 | 2,906 |
| Male | Total | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 5,288 | 5,873 | 4,707 | 8,542 |
| Male | Employees | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 4,377 | 4,593 | 3,855 | 6,705 |
| Male | Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 910 | 1,280 | 852 | 1,837 |
| Female | Total | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 4,869 | 5,505 | 3,437 | 5,750 |
| Female | Employees | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 4,026 | 4,307 | 2,900 | 4,682 |
| Female | Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | 2022* | 843 | 1,198 | 537 | 1,068 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
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This table provides annual data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual data on employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked.
Data available from: 1995
Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2020 are final. Data of 2021 and further are provisional.
Changes as of June 23rd 2023:
Data of 2022 have been added. Data of 2020 and 2021 have been revised.
When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 30 months after the end of the reporting year.
Description topics
- Employed persons
- Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
- Jobs
- A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return for (financial) remuneration.
A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons. - Full-time equivalent (fte)
- A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
- Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.