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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 144 160 130 240
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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 113 117 99 171
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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 31 43 31 69
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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 122 135 114 211
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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 95 98 87 150
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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 27 36 28 62
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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 21 25 16 29
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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 17 19 13 21
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 45 Sale and repair of motor vehicles 2022* 4 7 3 7
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.
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.