Labour participation; young people

Labour participation; young people

Sex Age Formal Eduation Periods Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Employee Permanent employee (x 1 000) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Self-employed person Self-employed without employees (x 1 000) Labour force Employed labour force Professional status Self-employed person Self-employed with employees (x 1 000)
Total male and female 15 to 24 years Total 2024 1st quarter 308 77 4
Total male and female 15 to 24 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 149 39 1
Total male and female 15 to 24 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 159 38 3
Total male and female 15 to 19 years Total 2024 1st quarter 63 14 0
Total male and female 15 to 19 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 55 11 0
Total male and female 15 to 19 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 8 3 0
Total male and female 20 to 24 years Total 2024 1st quarter 246 63 4
Total male and female 20 to 24 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 94 28 1
Total male and female 20 to 24 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 152 35 3
Total male and female 15 years Total 2024 1st quarter 9 1 0
Total male and female 15 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 9 1 0
Total male and female 15 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Total male and female 16 years Total 2024 1st quarter 8 1 0
Total male and female 16 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 8 1 0
Total male and female 16 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Total male and female 17 years Total 2024 1st quarter 11 3 0
Total male and female 17 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 11 3 0
Total male and female 17 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Total male and female 18 years Total 2024 1st quarter 16 4 0
Total male and female 18 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 14 3 0
Total male and female 18 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 2 1 0
Total male and female 19 years Total 2024 1st quarter 19 6 0
Total male and female 19 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 13 4 0
Total male and female 19 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 6 2 0
Total male and female 20 years Total 2024 1st quarter 29 11 0
Total male and female 20 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 16 7 0
Total male and female 20 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 13 4 0
Total male and female 21 years Total 2024 1st quarter 43 8 0
Total male and female 21 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 20 4 0
Total male and female 21 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 23 4 0
Total male and female 22 years Total 2024 1st quarter 42 14 1
Total male and female 22 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 19 5 0
Total male and female 22 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 23 9 0
Total male and female 23 years Total 2024 1st quarter 57 15 1
Total male and female 23 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 18 8 0
Total male and female 23 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 39 7 1
Total male and female 24 years Total 2024 1st quarter 75 15 2
Total male and female 24 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 22 5 0
Total male and female 24 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 53 10 1
Male 15 to 24 years Total 2024 1st quarter 160 56 4
Male 15 to 24 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 75 27 1
Male 15 to 24 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 85 29 3
Male 15 to 19 years Total 2024 1st quarter 31 10 0
Male 15 to 19 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 27 8 0
Male 15 to 19 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 4 2 0
Male 20 to 24 years Total 2024 1st quarter 128 46 4
Male 20 to 24 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 47 19 1
Male 20 to 24 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 81 27 3
Male 15 years Total 2024 1st quarter 3 1 0
Male 15 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 3 1 0
Male 15 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Male 16 years Total 2024 1st quarter 4 1 0
Male 16 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 4 1 0
Male 16 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Male 17 years Total 2024 1st quarter 5 1 0
Male 17 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 5 1 0
Male 17 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Male 18 years Total 2024 1st quarter 8 2 0
Male 18 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 7 2 0
Male 18 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 1 1 0
Male 19 years Total 2024 1st quarter 10 5 0
Male 19 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 7 3 0
Male 19 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 3 2 0
Male 20 years Total 2024 1st quarter 16 8 0
Male 20 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 8 5 0
Male 20 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 8 3 0
Male 21 years Total 2024 1st quarter 25 6 0
Male 21 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 11 3 0
Male 21 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 15 3 0
Male 22 years Total 2024 1st quarter 21 11 0
Male 22 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 10 4 0
Male 22 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 11 7 0
Male 23 years Total 2024 1st quarter 27 11 1
Male 23 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 7 5 0
Male 23 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 20 6 1
Male 24 years Total 2024 1st quarter 39 10 2
Male 24 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 12 3 0
Male 24 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 27 7 1
Female 15 to 24 years Total 2024 1st quarter 149 21 0
Female 15 to 24 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 75 13 0
Female 15 to 24 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 74 9 0
Female 15 to 19 years Total 2024 1st quarter 32 4 0
Female 15 to 19 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 28 4 0
Female 15 to 19 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 4 1 0
Female 20 to 24 years Total 2024 1st quarter 117 17 0
Female 20 to 24 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 47 9 0
Female 20 to 24 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 71 8 0
Female 15 years Total 2024 1st quarter 6 0 0
Female 15 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 6 0 0
Female 15 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Female 16 years Total 2024 1st quarter 4 0 0
Female 16 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 4 0 0
Female 16 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Female 17 years Total 2024 1st quarter 6 1 0
Female 17 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 6 1 0
Female 17 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 0 0 0
Female 18 years Total 2024 1st quarter 8 2 0
Female 18 years In formal education 2024 1st quarter 7 1 0
Female 18 years Not in formal education 2024 1st quarter 1 0 0
Female 19 years Total 2024 1st quarter 8 1 0
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


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 15, 2024:
The figures for 1st quarter 2024 are 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 2024.

Description topics

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.
Professional status
Classification of the employed labour force into:
Employee
-  permanent
-  flexible
Self-employed
-  without employees (solo self-employed)
-  with employees
-  contributing family worker

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Employee
A person who makes arrangements in a collective agreement for labour purposes and who is being paid in return.

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Permanent employee
An employee with an employment contract for an indefinite period and for a fixed number of hours.
When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Self-employed person
A person who works for his/her own account and risk
-  in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
-  as an owner-manager, or
-  in the company or practice of a family member (contributing family worker), or
-  as another self-employed person (for example in an independent profession).

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Self-employed without employees
A person who works for his/her own account and risk
-  in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
-  as an owner-manager, or
-  as another self-employed person (for example in an independent profession), and
-  who has no employees.

When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.
Self-employed with employees
A person who works for his/her own account and risk
-  in an own company or practice (self-employed entrepreneur), or
-  as an owner-manager, and
-  who has employees.
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When a person has more than one job, the job in which most hours are worked, is used.