Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts

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Sex Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) Employed persons (x 1,000) Jobs (x 1,000) Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1,000) Hours worked (million hours)
Total male and female Total O-Q Government and care 2,954 3,317 2,371 3,843
87-88 Care and social work 998 1,141 703 1,095
Employees O-Q Government and care 2,633 2,801 2,114 3,292
87-88 Care and social work 841 904 596 884
Self-employed O-Q Government and care 321 516 257 551
87-88 Care and social work 157 237 106 211
Male Total O-Q Government and care 882 1,014 802 1,341
87-88 Care and social work 159 198 121 202
Employees O-Q Government and care 768 823 709 1,137
87-88 Care and social work 105 115 88 133
Self-employed O-Q Government and care 113 191 93 204
87-88 Care and social work 53 83 33 68
Female Total O-Q Government and care 2,073 2,302 1,569 2,502
87-88 Care and social work 840 943 582 894
Employees O-Q Government and care 1,865 1,978 1,405 2,155
87-88 Care and social work 735 789 509 751
Self-employed O-Q Government and care 208 325 164 347
87-88 Care and social work 104 154 73 142
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides annual data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual data on employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked.

Data available from: 1995

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2022 are final. Data of 2023 and further are provisional.

Changes as of June 24th 2025:
Data of 2024 is added.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 30 months after the end of the reporting year.

Description topics

Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
Jobs
A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return for (financial) remuneration.

A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons.
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and part-time jobs to full-time jobs.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.