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 72 Research and development 2022* 49 51 45 77
Total male and female Total 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 86 103 56 104
Total male and female Employees 72 Research and development 2022* 47 48 43 74
Total male and female Employees 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 42 44 37 65
Total male and female Self-employed 72 Research and development 2022* 2 3 2 3
Total male and female Self-employed 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 44 59 19 39
Male Total 72 Research and development 2022* 28 29 27 46
Male Total 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 46 55 33 63
Male Employees 72 Research and development 2022* 27 27 26 44
Male Employees 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 23 24 22 38
Male Self-employed 72 Research and development 2022* 1 2 1 2
Male Self-employed 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 23 30 12 25
Female Total 72 Research and development 2022* 21 22 18 31
Female Total 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 40 48 23 41
Female Employees 72 Research and development 2022* 20 21 18 30
Female Employees 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 19 20 16 27
Female Self-employed 72 Research and development 2022* 1 1 1 1
Female Self-employed 73 Advertising and market research 2022* 21 28 7 14
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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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.