Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts

Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Periods Hours worked Hours worked (million hours) Hours worked Hours worked seasonal adjusted (million hours)
Total Q Health and social work activities 2023* 1,907
Employees Q Health and social work activities 2023* 1,557
Self-employed Q Health and social work activities 2023* 350
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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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

Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked seasonal adjusted
The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.