Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts

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 P Education 2022* 614 691 490 788
Total male and female Total 85 Education 2022* 614 691 490 788
Total male and female Employees P Education 2022* 548 582 433 678
Total male and female Employees 85 Education 2022* 548 582 433 678
Total male and female Self-employed P Education 2022* 66 109 57 110
Total male and female Self-employed 85 Education 2022* 66 109 57 110
Male Total P Education 2022* 216 249 190 314
Male Total 85 Education 2022* 216 249 190 314
Male Employees P Education 2022* 186 199 162 259
Male Employees 85 Education 2022* 186 199 162 259
Male Self-employed P Education 2022* 30 50 28 55
Male Self-employed 85 Education 2022* 30 50 28 55
Female Total P Education 2022* 398 442 300 474
Female Total 85 Education 2022* 398 442 300 474
Female Employees P Education 2022* 362 382 271 419
Female Employees 85 Education 2022* 362 382 271 419
Female Self-employed P Education 2022* 36 59 29 55
Female Self-employed 85 Education 2022* 36 59 29 55
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.