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Caribbean Netherlands’ unused labour potential at 3.4 thousand people
In 2020, there were 2.8 thousand people aged 15 to 74 years on Bonaire who belonged to the so-called unused labour potential. On St Eustatius, the unused labour potential comprised 290 people and on...
Regional key figures; National Accounts
GDP, GDP per capita, Value added, Compensation of employees, Labour input Region
Compensation of employees, employment; quarterly, National Accounts
Compensation of employees, wages, jobs (by sex) , fte, hours worked quarterly, economic activity
Unemployment rate up
From July through September, unemployment rose by an average of 6 thousand per month.
Hardly fewer dairy cows, but smaller pig herd in 2022
At 1.57 million, the national dairy cattle herd remained virtually unchanged in 2022. This is 7 percent less than five years earlier.
Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts
Employed persons, jobs, hours worked, also with seasonal correction employee or self-employed, economic activity
Students worked 11 hours a week on average in Q3
In the third quarter of 2023, two-thirds of pupils in secondary education aged 15 or older had a part-time job.
Health, lifestyle, health care use and supply, causes of death; key figures
Birth, death, life expectancy, health and disease, use of health care services, education and labour market, costs of care, care providers
Young men now more likely to have paid work than young women
In December 2022, net labour participation among young men exceeded the rate among young women.
Young technicians four times as often male
In 2022, there were 609 thousand young people (aged 15 to 34 years) in the Netherlands who had completed a technical education.
Earnings from machinery and equipment exports doubled since 2015
In 2022, the export category from which the Netherlands earned the most was machinery and equipment, with earnings amounting to 25.5 billion euros.
Unemployment up in June
In June 2022, unemployment stood at 339 thousand. This is 3.4 percent of the labour force.
Labour participation; position in the household
Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Position in household, sex, age
Business confidence slightly lower at the start of Q4
Entrepreneurial confidence showed a slight decline at the start of Q4 2023, ending at -10.1.
Environmental Goods and Services Sector, industries; national accounts
Environmental sector by economic activity and per environmental domain Environmental protection, Resource management and Economic activity
Environmental goods and services sector, activities; national accounts
Environmental activities, environmental domain, environmental services EGSS, environmental sector, recycling
6 in 10 parents in the Caribbean Netherlands use formal childcare
Over 6 in 10 working parents in the Caribbean Netherlands with children under age 12 used formal childcare at least once every week in 2022.
Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts
Employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalents (fte), hours worked Economic activity, sex, employees and self-employed persons
Cao wages, contractual wage costs and working hours; index (2010=100)
Cao wages, contractual wage costs and working hours, Index fig. 2010=100 monthly, SIC 2008
Cattle herd size has barely changed
In 2022, the size of the Dutch cattle population has remained virtually unchanged relative to last year, standing at 3.8 million head.
Greenhouse gas emissions 4 percent lower in Q3 2022
In Q3 2022, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showed a year-on-year decrease of 4 percent. This is mainly because natural gas consumption was down.
Over half of Dutch people work from home sometimes
Over 5 million people in the Netherlands worked from home sometimes or most of the time in 2023, representing 52 percent of all people in work
Foreign-born employees; resident/non-resident, demographic variables
Jobs of foreign-born employees, characteristics employees Industry branch SBI 2008, hourly wage, type of contract
More strikes but fewer strikers in 2022
In 2022, there were altogether 33 labour strikes in the Netherlands, up from 22 strikes in 2021. However, last year’s strikes involved fewer workers, which resulted in fewer working days lost: 39...
Unemployment slightly down in November
In November 2022, 364 thousand people were unemployed. From September through November, unemployment declined by an average of 5 thousand per month.