Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Jobs Jobs (x 1,000) Jobs Jobs seasonal adjusted (x 1,000) Change on corresponding period (y/y) Jobs (x 1 000) Change on previous period (q/q) Jobs seasonal adjusted (x 1 000)
Total A-U All economic activities 2023* 11,557 179
Total A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 257 2
Total B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 945 16
Total C Manufacturing 2023* 859 11
Total F Construction 2023* 665 26
Total G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 2,759 37
Total J Information and communication 2023* 413 11
Total K Financial institutions 2023* 234 6
Total L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 91 2
Total M-N Business services 2023* 2,454 -25
Total 78 Employment activities 2023* . .
Total O-Q Government and care 2023* 3,161 80
Total O Public administration and services 2023* 591 24
Total P Education 2023* 712 21
Total Q Health and social work activities 2023* 1,858 35
Total R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 577 23
Employees A-U All economic activities 2023* 9,015 115
Employees A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 116 -3
Employees B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 875 18
Employees C Manufacturing 2023* 793 14
Employees F Construction 2023* 358 7
Employees G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 2,348 42
Employees J Information and communication 2023* 334 10
Employees K Financial institutions 2023* 225 6
Employees L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 73 2
Employees M-N Business services 2023* 1,685 -30
Employees 78 Employment activities 2023* 716 -58
Employees O-Q Government and care 2023* 2,661 53
Employees O Public administration and services 2023* 591 24
Employees P Education 2023* 591 9
Employees Q Health and social work activities 2023* 1,479 20
Employees R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 339 12
Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2023* 2,542 64
Self-employed A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2023* 140 5
Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2023* 70 -2
Self-employed C Manufacturing 2023* 66 -3
Self-employed F Construction 2023* 307 20
Self-employed G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering 2023* 411 -5
Self-employed J Information and communication 2023* 79 2
Self-employed K Financial institutions 2023* 8 0
Self-employed L Renting, buying, selling real estate 2023* 18 1
Self-employed M-N Business services 2023* 769 5
Self-employed 78 Employment activities 2023* . .
Self-employed O-Q Government and care 2023* 500 27
Self-employed O Public administration and services 2023* 0 0
Self-employed P Education 2023* 122 12
Self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2023* 378 15
Self-employed R-U Culture, recreation, other services 2023* 239 11
Source: CBS.
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This table provides data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual and quarterly data on employed persons, jobs, and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series are also available in this table.

Data available from: 1995 first quarter.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2020 are final. Data of 2021 and further are provisional.

Changes as of March 25th 2024:
Data of the second estimate of the fourth quarter 2023 have been added to the table. The data of the previous three quarters 2023 are revised.

When will new figures be published?
The preliminary estimate (flash estimate) of a quarter is released within 45 days. The second estimate is published after 85 days. At the second estimate of the fourth quarter, data of the previous three quarters will also be revised.

Description topics

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.
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.
Jobs seasonal adjusted
The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.
Change on corresponding period (y/y)
Change on corresponding period (year-on-year).
Jobs
Change on previous period (q/q)
Change on previous period (quarter-on-quarter).
Jobs seasonal adjusted