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 | 2021* | 9,759 | 10,985 | 7,951 | 13,919 |
| Total male and female | Employees | A-U All economic activities | 2021* | 8,075 | 8,589 | 6,528 | 11,012 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | 2021* | 1,684 | 2,397 | 1,423 | 2,907 |
| Male | Total | A-U All economic activities | 2021* | 5,087 | 5,674 | 4,610 | 8,330 |
| Male | Employees | A-U All economic activities | 2021* | 4,220 | 4,444 | 3,753 | 6,524 |
| Male | Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | 2021* | 867 | 1,230 | 858 | 1,806 |
| Female | Total | A-U All economic activities | 2021* | 4,672 | 5,312 | 3,341 | 5,588 |
| Female | Employees | A-U All economic activities | 2021* | 3,855 | 4,145 | 2,775 | 4,488 |
| Female | Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | 2021* | 817 | 1,167 | 566 | 1,100 |
| 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 2019 are final. Data of 2020 and further are provisional.
Changes as of June 24th 2022:
Data of 2021 have been added. Data of 2019 and 2020 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.