Labour participation; key figures

Changed on: 14/02/2024 02:00

Labour participation; key figures
Sex	Age	Highest educational level	Periods	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Full-time (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week Less than 20 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week Less than 12 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time Less than 20 working hours a week 12 to 19 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 20 to 34 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 20 to 27 working hours a week (x 1 000)	Labour force Employed labour force Working hours Part-time 20 to 34 working hours a week 28 to 34 working hours a week (x 1 000)
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	Total	2023	5,064	1,563	880	682	3,110	1,338	1,773
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	1 Lower education	2023	831	627	404	223	514	264	250
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	1,779	647	332	315	1,294	612	683
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	3 Higher education	2023	2,430	284	143	141	1,294	459	835
Total male and female	15 to 74 years	Unknown	2023	25	5	2	3	8	3	5
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	Total	2023	404	868	579	289	387	196	192
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	1 Lower education	2023	83	437	319	117	110	64	46
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	205	364	220	143	213	106	107
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	3 Higher education	2023	115	67	39	28	63	25	38
Total male and female	15 to 24 years	Unknown	2023	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	Total	2023	4,967	1,423	789	634	2,997	1,270	1,727
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	1 Lower education	2023	799	578	373	205	480	245	235
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	1,748	601	302	299	1,253	586	668
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	3 Higher education	2023	2,395	239	112	127	1,254	435	819
Total male and female	15 to 64 years	Unknown	2023	25	5	2	3	8	3	5
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	Total	2023	2,411	238	91	147	1,279	496	782
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	1 Lower education	2023	275	37	13	24	105	48	56
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	761	105	38	67	474	212	262
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	3 Higher education	2023	1,363	94	40	55	695	235	460
Total male and female	25 to 44 years	Unknown	2023	12	2	1	1	5	1	4
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	Total	2023	1,299	125	53	72	607	221	386
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	1 Lower education	2023	116	15	6	9	42	19	22
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	397	58	23	35	238	98	140
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	3 Higher education	2023	780	52	25	27	325	103	222
Total male and female	25 to 34 years	Unknown	2023	6	1	0	0	3	0	2
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	Total	2023	1,112	112	38	75	672	276	396
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	1 Lower education	2023	159	22	8	14	63	29	34
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	364	47	15	32	236	113	122
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	3 Higher education	2023	583	42	15	28	370	132	238
Total male and female	35 to 44 years	Unknown	2023	5	1	0	1	2	1	2
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	Total	2023	1,184	128	44	84	663	269	394
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	1 Lower education	2023	199	36	13	23	98	46	52
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	424	57	18	39	279	128	151
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	3 Higher education	2023	555	35	13	22	284	93	191
Total male and female	45 to 54 years	Unknown	2023	6	1	1	1	2	1	0
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	Total	2023	2,152	318	120	198	1,331	578	753
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	1 Lower education	2023	440	104	40	64	266	133	132
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	783	133	44	89	566	268	299
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	3 Higher education	2023	917	77	34	44	496	175	321
Total male and female	45 to 64 years	Unknown	2023	12	3	2	1	3	2	1
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	Total	2023	2,249	457	211	247	1,445	646	799
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	1 Lower education	2023	473	153	71	82	299	152	147
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	813	179	74	105	607	294	314
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	3 Higher education	2023	951	122	64	58	535	198	337
Total male and female	45 to 74 years	Unknown	2023	12	3	2	1	3	2	1
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	Total	2023	968	189	76	114	668	309	359
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	1 Lower education	2023	241	69	27	41	167	87	80
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	359	76	27	50	287	139	148
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	3 Higher education	2023	362	43	21	22	212	82	130
Total male and female	55 to 64 years	Unknown	2023	6	2	1	1	1	1	1
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	Total	2023	97	139	91	49	114	68	46
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	1 Lower education	2023	32	49	31	18	33	19	15
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	30	46	29	16	41	26	15
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	3 Higher education	2023	34	45	31	14	40	23	16
Total male and female	65 to 74 years	Unknown	2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	Total	2023	66	533	386	147	116	71	45
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	1 Lower education	2023	40	405	302	102	72	45	27
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	26	126	82	44	44	26	18
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	3 Higher education	2023	1	2	1	1	1	1	0
Total male and female	15 to 19 years	Unknown	2023	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	Total	2023	338	335	193	142	271	124	147
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	1 Lower education	2023	43	32	17	15	38	19	20
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	179	238	138	100	170	81	89
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	3 Higher education	2023	114	65	37	28	62	25	38
Total male and female	20 to 24 years	Unknown	2023	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	Total	2023	644	75	35	40	273	93	180
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	1 Lower education	2023	43	8	4	4	19	7	12
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	197	35	15	20	120	48	72
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	3 Higher education	2023	403	32	16	16	132	37	95
Total male and female	25 to 29 years	Unknown	2023	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	Total	2023	655	50	18	32	334	128	206
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	1 Lower education	2023	72	7	2	5	22	12	10
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	200	23	7	15	118	50	68
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	3 Higher education	2023	378	20	9	11	193	66	127
Total male and female	30 to 34 years	Unknown	2023	5	1	0	0	2	0	1
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	Total	2023	565	58	18	39	349	143	205
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	1 Lower education	2023	72	10	3	7	29	15	14
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	185	27	8	18	121	57	64
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	3 Higher education	2023	304	20	7	14	197	71	126
Total male and female	35 to 39 years	Unknown	2023	4	1	0	0	1	0	1
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	Total	2023	547	55	19	35	323	132	191
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	1 Lower education	2023	87	12	4	7	34	14	20
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	179	20	7	13	115	57	58
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	3 Higher education	2023	279	22	8	14	173	61	112
Total male and female	40 to 44 years	Unknown	2023	2	1	0	1	1	0	1
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	Total	2023	548	55	19	36	307	126	181
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	1 Lower education	2023	82	13	5	8	37	16	20
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	188	25	8	17	123	58	64
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	3 Higher education	2023	275	17	5	11	147	51	97
Total male and female	45 to 49 years	Unknown	2023	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	Total	2023	636	74	26	48	356	143	212
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	1 Lower education	2023	117	23	8	15	62	30	32
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	236	32	10	22	157	70	86
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	3 Higher education	2023	281	18	8	10	136	42	94
Total male and female	50 to 54 years	Unknown	2023	3	1	0	0	1	1	0
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	Total	2023	587	81	31	50	360	162	199
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	1 Lower education	2023	132	28	11	17	82	41	41
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	2 Intermediate education	2023	225	35	11	24	168	82	87
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	3 Higher education	2023	226	18	8	10	109	39	71
Total male and female	55 to 59 years	Unknown	2023	5	0	0	0	1	0	0
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.

This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on labour participation in the Netherlands. The population of 15 to 74 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 level of education is available.

Data available from: 2013

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

Changes as of February 14, 2024:
The figures for 4th quarter and years 2023 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 on May 15, 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.

Working hours

The number of hours someone works in a normal or average working week.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Part-time

The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 35 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Less than 20 working hours a week

The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Less than 20 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Less than 12 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is less than 20 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

12 to 19 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 12 to 19 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

20 to 34 working hours a week

The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

20 to 34 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

20 to 27 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 20 to 27 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

28 to 34 working hours a week: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 28 to 34 hours.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.

Full-time: The number of hours that a person works in a normal or average working week is 35 hours or more.

In the average working hours overtime and unpaid hours are not taken into account.