Labour participation; young people

Labour participation; young people

Sex Age Formal Eduation Periods Labour force and not in the labour force (x 1 000) Labour force Labour force (x 1 000) Labour force Employed labour force Employed labour force (x 1 000) Labour force Unemployed labour force (x 1 000) Labour force Unemployment rate (%) Not in the labour force (x 1 000) Net labour participation rate (%)
Total male and female 15 to 24 years Total 2025 1st quarter 2,177 1,800 1,636 164 9.1 377 75.2
Total male and female 15 to 24 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 1,595 1,283 1,159 124 9.6 312 72.7
Total male and female 15 to 24 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 582 517 477 40 7.7 65 81.9
Total male and female 15 to 19 years Total 2025 1st quarter 1,010 787 696 91 11.6 223 68.9
Total male and female 15 to 19 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 922 713 632 81 11.4 209 68.6
Total male and female 15 to 19 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 88 73 63 10 13.8 14 72.1
Total male and female 20 to 24 years Total 2025 1st quarter 1,167 1,013 941 73 7.2 154 80.6
Total male and female 20 to 24 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 673 569 527 43 7.5 103 78.3
Total male and female 20 to 24 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 495 444 414 30 6.7 51 83.7
Total male and female 15 years Total 2025 1st quarter 197 134 108 27 19.8 62 54.7
Total male and female 15 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 193 131 106 25 19.0 61 55.3
Total male and female 15 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 4 3 1 2 . 1 .
Total male and female 16 years Total 2025 1st quarter 198 152 137 16 10.3 46 69.0
Total male and female 16 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 195 151 136 15 9.9 45 69.4
Total male and female 16 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 3 2 1 1 . 1 .
Total male and female 17 years Total 2025 1st quarter 195 154 138 15 9.9 41 71.0
Total male and female 17 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 187 148 133 14 9.7 39 71.3
Total male and female 17 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 8 6 5 1 . 2 .
Total male and female 18 years Total 2025 1st quarter 205 169 154 16 9.2 36 74.9
Total male and female 18 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 175 144 131 13 9.1 30 75.1
Total male and female 18 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 30 25 22 2 . 5 74.0
Total male and female 19 years Total 2025 1st quarter 215 177 159 18 10.1 38 74.1
Total male and female 19 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 173 139 126 14 9.8 33 72.8
Total male and female 19 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 42 38 33 4 11.3 5 79.2
Total male and female 20 years Total 2025 1st quarter 225 193 177 16 8.3 32 78.5
Total male and female 20 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 165 141 129 12 8.4 24 78.4
Total male and female 20 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 60 52 48 4 7.8 9 78.9
Total male and female 21 years Total 2025 1st quarter 232 196 183 13 6.5 36 78.8
Total male and female 21 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 159 133 124 8 6.3 26 78.3
Total male and female 21 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 73 63 59 4 7.0 10 80.0
Total male and female 22 years Total 2025 1st quarter 234 205 189 16 7.6 29 80.8
Total male and female 22 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 140 118 111 7 6.0 22 79.3
Total male and female 22 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 93 86 78 9 9.9 7 83.2
Total male and female 23 years Total 2025 1st quarter 235 207 193 14 6.8 28 82.1
Total male and female 23 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 122 105 98 7 6.9 17 80.0
Total male and female 23 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 113 102 95 7 6.7 11 84.4
Total male and female 24 years Total 2025 1st quarter 242 213 199 14 6.6 28 82.4
Total male and female 24 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 87 72 64 8 11.1 14 74.2
Total male and female 24 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 155 141 135 6 4.3 14 87.1
Male 15 to 24 years Total 2025 1st quarter 1,108 919 834 85 9.3 188 75.3
Male 15 to 24 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 799 645 580 65 10.1 154 72.5
Male 15 to 24 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 308 274 254 20 7.3 34 82.5
Male 15 to 19 years Total 2025 1st quarter 519 408 359 49 12.1 111 69.1
Male 15 to 19 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 466 363 321 42 11.6 104 68.8
Male 15 to 19 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 52 45 38 7 16.5 7 72.1
Male 20 to 24 years Total 2025 1st quarter 589 512 476 36 7.0 77 80.7
Male 20 to 24 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 333 282 259 23 8.3 51 77.8
Male 20 to 24 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 256 229 217 13 5.5 27 84.6
Male 15 years Total 2025 1st quarter 101 71 56 15 21.4 30 55.3
Male 15 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 98 69 55 14 19.8 29 56.4
Male 15 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 3 2 1 2 . 1 .
Male 16 years Total 2025 1st quarter 102 79 72 7 8.7 23 70.5
Male 16 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 101 78 71 7 8.4 23 70.8
Male 16 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 1 1 1 0 . 0 .
Male 17 years Total 2025 1st quarter 100 80 73 7 8.9 20 73.0
Male 17 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 95 75 69 6 8.3 19 73.2
Male 17 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 6 5 4 1 . 1 .
Male 18 years Total 2025 1st quarter 106 88 79 9 10.5 18 74.7
Male 18 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 89 74 67 8 10.4 15 74.6
Male 18 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 17 14 12 2 . 3 .
Male 19 years Total 2025 1st quarter 110 90 79 11 12.1 20 71.8
Male 19 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 84 67 59 8 11.8 18 69.8
Male 19 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 26 23 20 3 . 3 .
Male 20 years Total 2025 1st quarter 114 95 87 8 8.0 19 76.8
Male 20 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 80 67 61 6 9.0 13 76.0
Male 20 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 34 28 26 2 . 6 78.5
Male 21 years Total 2025 1st quarter 117 98 93 6 5.6 18 79.5
Male 21 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 77 64 60 4 5.8 13 78.7
Male 21 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 40 34 32 2 5.2 6 80.9
Male 22 years Total 2025 1st quarter 118 103 94 9 9.0 15 79.3
Male 22 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 69 59 54 4 7.5 11 78.3
Male 22 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 49 44 39 5 11.1 4 80.9
Male 23 years Total 2025 1st quarter 119 107 100 7 6.6 12 84.1
Male 23 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 61 54 50 4 7.8 7 81.5
Male 23 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 58 53 50 3 5.3 5 86.7
Male 24 years Total 2025 1st quarter 122 109 102 7 6.1 13 83.8
Male 24 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 46 39 34 5 13.2 7 73.4
Male 24 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 76 70 68 2 2.2 6 90.1
Female 15 to 24 years Total 2025 1st quarter 1,069 880 802 78 8.9 189 75.0
Female 15 to 24 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 795 637 579 58 9.2 158 72.8
Female 15 to 24 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 274 243 223 20 8.2 31 81.3
Female 15 to 19 years Total 2025 1st quarter 491 379 337 42 11.1 112 68.6
Female 15 to 19 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 456 351 311 39 11.2 105 68.3
Female 15 to 19 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 35 28 26 3 . 7 72.0
Female 20 to 24 years Total 2025 1st quarter 578 502 465 37 7.3 77 80.4
Female 20 to 24 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 340 287 268 19 6.7 53 78.8
Female 20 to 24 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 239 215 197 17 8.1 24 82.7
Female 15 years Total 2025 1st quarter 96 63 52 11 18.1 32 54.1
Female 15 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 95 63 51 11 18.1 32 54.1
Female 15 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 1 0 0 0 . 0 .
Female 16 years Total 2025 1st quarter 96 74 65 9 12.1 22 67.4
Female 16 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 95 73 64 8 11.5 22 68.0
Female 16 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 2 1 0 1 . 1 .
Female 17 years Total 2025 1st quarter 95 74 65 8 11.1 21 68.8
Female 17 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 92 72 64 8 11.3 20 69.5
Female 17 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 3 1 1 0 . 1 .
Female 18 years Total 2025 1st quarter 99 81 75 6 7.8 18 75.2
Female 18 years In formal education 2025 1st quarter 85 70 65 6 7.9 15 75.6
Female 18 years Not in formal education 2025 1st quarter 14 11 10 1 . 3 .
Female 19 years Total 2025 1st quarter 105 87 80 7 8.1 18 76.4
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on labour participation of young people in the Netherlands. The population of 15 to 24 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) is divided into the employed labour force, the unemployed labour force and those not in the labour force. The employed labour force is subdivided on the basis of the professional status and the average working hours. A division by sex, age and whether they are in education is available.

Data available from: 2013

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of May 8, 2025:
The figures for the 1st quarter 2025 have been added.

Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, this is a new table. This table has been compiled on the basis of the Labor Force Survey (LFS). Due to changes in the research design and the questionnaire of the LFS, the figures for 2021 are not automatically comparable with the figures up to and including 2020. The key figures in this table have therefore been made consistent with the (non-seasonally adjusted) figures in the table Arbeidsdeelname, kerncijfers seizoengecorrigeerd (see section 4), in which the outcomes for the period 2013-2020 have been recalculated to align with the outcomes from 2021. When further detailing the outcomes according to job and personal characteristics, there may nevertheless be differences from 2020 to 2021 as a result of the new method.

When will new figures be released?
New figures will be published in August 2025.

Description topics

Labour force and not in the labour force
People who are part of the employed labour force, the unemployed labour force or who are not in the labour force.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Labour force
People
- who have paid work (employed labour force), or
- who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it (unemployed labour force).

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Labour force
People
- who have paid work (employed labour force), or
- who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it (unemployed labour force).

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Employed labour force
People who have paid work.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Employed labour force
People who have paid work.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Unemployed labour force
People who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Unemployment rate
The unemployed labour force as a percentage of the (employed and unemployed) labour force.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old.
Not in the labour force
People who don’t have paid work, who haven’t recently looked for work recently or are not directly available for it.

This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
Net labour participation rate
The percentage of the employed labour force in the population (labour force and not in the labour force).
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old.