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 | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 2,475 | 2,721 | 1,842 | 3,334 |
| Total male and female | Total | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 1,559 | 1,691 | 1,163 | 2,077 |
| Total male and female | Total | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 546 | 578 | 491 | 879 |
| Total male and female | Total | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 869 | 953 | 542 | 958 |
| Total male and female | Employees | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 2,190 | 2,306 | 1,579 | 2,746 |
| Total male and female | Employees | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 1,394 | 1,453 | 1,003 | 1,725 |
| Total male and female | Employees | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 514 | 533 | 461 | 809 |
| Total male and female | Employees | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 767 | 803 | 443 | 746 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 285 | 416 | 263 | 588 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 166 | 237 | 160 | 352 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 33 | 45 | 30 | 70 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 102 | 149 | 99 | 213 |
| Male | Total | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 1,434 | 1,577 | 1,179 | 2,184 |
| Male | Total | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 860 | 934 | 716 | 1,308 |
| Male | Total | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 374 | 394 | 352 | 638 |
| Male | Total | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 363 | 405 | 250 | 458 |
| Male | Employees | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 1,245 | 1,301 | 997 | 1,769 |
| Male | Employees | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 752 | 779 | 606 | 1,060 |
| Male | Employees | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 350 | 361 | 329 | 584 |
| Male | Employees | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 306 | 319 | 191 | 327 |
| Male | Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 189 | 275 | 182 | 415 |
| Male | Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 108 | 155 | 110 | 247 |
| Male | Self-employed | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 24 | 33 | 23 | 55 |
| Male | Self-employed | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 57 | 85 | 59 | 131 |
| Female | Total | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 1,041 | 1,145 | 663 | 1,150 |
| Female | Total | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 700 | 757 | 447 | 769 |
| Female | Total | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 172 | 184 | 139 | 241 |
| Female | Total | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 506 | 548 | 292 | 500 |
| Female | Employees | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 945 | 1,005 | 583 | 978 |
| Female | Employees | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 642 | 674 | 396 | 665 |
| Female | Employees | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 163 | 172 | 132 | 225 |
| Female | Employees | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 461 | 484 | 252 | 419 |
| Female | Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2022* | 96 | 140 | 81 | 172 |
| Female | Self-employed | G Wholesale and retail trade | 2022* | 58 | 83 | 50 | 105 |
| Female | Self-employed | 46 Wholesale trade (no motor vehicles) | 2022* | 9 | 12 | 7 | 16 |
| Female | Self-employed | 47 Retail trade (not in motor vehicles) | 2022* | 45 | 64 | 40 | 82 |
| 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.