Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts

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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 B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 893 929 822 1,433
Total male and female Total 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 57 58 53 94
Total male and female Total 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 54 55 50 87
Total male and female Employees B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 842 857 771 1,327
Total male and female Employees 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 55 56 52 91
Total male and female Employees 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 53 54 50 86
Total male and female Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 51 72 51 106
Total male and female Self-employed 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 2 2 1 3
Total male and female Self-employed 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 1 1 1 2
Male Total B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 686 707 657 1,157
Male Total 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 47 48 45 80
Male Total 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 42 42 40 70
Male Employees B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 647 655 616 1,072
Male Employees 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 46 46 44 77
Male Employees 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 41 42 40 68
Male Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 39 52 40 85
Male Self-employed 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 1 1 1 2
Male Self-employed 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 1 1 1 1
Female Total B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 207 222 165 277
Female Total 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 10 11 8 14
Female Total 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 12 12 10 18
Female Employees B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 195 202 154 255
Female Employees 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 10 10 8 13
Female Employees 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 12 12 10 17
Female Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2022* 12 19 11 21
Female Self-employed 22-23 Man. plastics and constructionprod 2022* 0 1 0 1
Female Self-employed 26-27 Elektrical and electron. Industry 2022* 0 0 0 0
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.