Foreign-born employees; resident/non-resident, demographic variables

Foreign-born employees; resident/non-resident, demographic variables

Employee resident non-resident Employee characteristics Sector Branches (SIC2008) Job characteristics Countries of origin Periods Jobs: foreign-born employees (x 1000)
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Total 2022 556.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2022 348.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Belgium 2022 7.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Bulgaria 2022 27.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Germany 2022 16.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time France 2022 5.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Greece 2022 7.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Italy 2022 11.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Poland 2022 127.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Portugal 2022 8.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Romania 2022 44.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Spain 2022 11.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time United Kingdom 2022 7.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Outside Europe 2022 207.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Dutch Caribbean 2022 17.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Indonesia 2022 4.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Morocco 2022 10.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Suriname 2022 12.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Turkey 2022 16.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Africa (excluding Morocco) 2022 36.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Americas and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2022 31.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2022 76.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 307.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time GIPS countries (European Union) 2022 40.0
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: specified time Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2022 231.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Total 2022 568.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2022 280.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Belgium 2022 24.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Bulgaria 2022 7.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Germany 2022 31.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time France 2022 9.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Greece 2022 6.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Italy 2022 11.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Poland 2022 78.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Portugal 2022 7.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Romania 2022 16.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Spain 2022 8.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time United Kingdom 2022 15.7
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Outside Europe 2022 287.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Dutch Caribbean 2022 20.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Indonesia 2022 7.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Morocco 2022 25.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Suriname 2022 32.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Turkey 2022 31.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Africa (excluding Morocco) 2022 40.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Americas and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2022 37.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2022 92.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 233.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time GIPS countries (European Union) 2022 34.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: unspecified time Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2022 125.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Total 2022 15.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2022 7.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Belgium 2022 1.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Bulgaria 2022 0.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Germany 2022 1.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other France 2022 0.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Greece 2022 0.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Italy 2022 0.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Poland 2022 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Portugal 2022 0.1
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Romania 2022 0.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Spain 2022 0.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other United Kingdom 2022 0.8
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Outside Europe 2022 8.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Dutch Caribbean 2022 0.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Indonesia 2022 0.2
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Morocco 2022 0.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Suriname 2022 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Turkey 2022 1.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Africa (excluding Morocco) 2022 0.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Americas and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2022 1.4
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2022 3.3
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 5.5
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other GIPS countries (European Union) 2022 0.9
Total jobs Total employees A-U All economic activities Type of contract: other Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2022 1.4
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Total 2022 48.4
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Europe (excluding the Netherlands) 2022 32.1
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Belgium 2022 0.7
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Bulgaria 2022 2.2
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Germany 2022 1.2
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time France 2022 0.4
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Greece 2022 0.8
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Italy 2022 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Poland 2022 14.1
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Portugal 2022 0.7
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Romania 2022 4.9
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Spain 2022 0.6
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time United Kingdom 2022 0.5
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Outside Europe 2022 16.2
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Dutch Caribbean 2022 1.1
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Indonesia 2022 0.3
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Morocco 2022 0.9
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Suriname 2022 0.8
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Turkey 2022 2.0
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Africa (excluding Morocco) 2022 3.0
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Americas and Oceania (excluding Suri... 2022 1.9
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Asia (excluding Indonesia and Turkey) 2022 6.2
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time European Union (excluding Netherlands) 2022 28.7
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time GIPS countries (European Union) 2022 2.8
Total jobs Total employees A-F Agriculture and industry Type of contract: specified time Middle and Eastern European EU countries 2022 23.3
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


This table concerns jobs of foreign-born employees within the age range of 18 up to 74 years. A distinction is made between employees who are registered as a resident in the Dutch population register (BRP; formerly known as the GBA) and those not registered as a resident in the BRP. Furthermore, the table can be broken down into origin background, gender, age, hourly wage class, employment contract type, and the Dutch standard industrial classification (SBI 2008).
All employees registered as resident were at least 18 years old when they immigrated to the Netherlands. Likewise, the non-resident employees were at least 18 years old at the start of their stay in the Netherlands.

The variable ‘origin background’ is included as a background variable. Because the target population consists of both resident and non-resident employees, it is not always possible to directly derive the origin background. Missing data in this respect are imputed using information on someone’s country of permanent residence or someone’s nationality.

Data available from: 2010.

Status of the figures:
The statistics in this table are definite.

Changes as of 22 December 2023:
The final figures for 2022 are added. The figures for 2020 and 2021 have been corrected for the European Union (excluding the Netherlands). Jobs of foreign-born employees from the United Kingdom were accidentally added to the European Union while the United Kingdom left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

When will new figures be published?
New figures for 2023 will be published in the first quarter of 2025.

Description topics

Jobs: foreign-born employees
Jobs from foreign-born employees

Foreign-born employee
Foreign-born individuals who are an employee in the Netherlands and who are aged 18 to 74 years. It concerns both employees who are registered as residents and employees who are non-resident. All employees registered as residents were at least 18 years old when they immigrated to the Netherlands. Likewise, the non-resident employees were at least 18 years old at the start of their stay in the Netherlands.