Among employed 20 to 64-year-old men, 13 percent were living on paid incomes below the social security level. Employed women are twice as often not able to fend for themselves; they are financially vulnerable....
The Netherlands in numbers (2021 edition) answers 36 questions about our country by means of images and text.
People with a non-western migration background are less likely to be in paid work than those with a native Dutch background. Those who do have paid work relatively often have a flexible contract.
Almost half of teenage girls in the Netherlands regularly or frequently feel pressure to perform because of internal expectations. The proportion is lower among boys: 3 in 10.
Labour Force Survey redesigned in 2021
The composition of the employed labour force in the Netherlands has changed in the last ten years. It now comprises fewer employees with a permanent position, but more with flexible contracts and self-employed...
Current transactions and balancing items of institutional sectors Sectors, resources and uses, balancing items
In 2012, 627 thousand young people were no longer studying but working. About 40 percent had a flexible employment contract. In 2002 this was 24 percent.
Number of social security benefits Total number of benefits
Trends in the Netherlands 2017
Production, expenditures, income and external economic transactions. Values at current prices and chainlinked volume 2015 prices
Data on the output components, final expenditure categories and income components of gross domestic products, annual data
The amount of hours worked in temp jobs increased in the fourth quarter of 2013 relative to the third quarter. The number of hours worked on secondment basis also grew.
More and more employees in the Netherlands have a temporary employment contract that offers the likelihood of a permanent appointment. Most of them are younger employees
In 2017, 16 percent of employees between the ages of 15 and 75 indicated they experienced work-related mental fatigue at least several times per month.
Government revenue (ESA 2010). Current and capital transactions, sectors, quarters.
Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 28 May - 1 June 2012 (Week 22).
The number of unemployment (WW) benefits has risen in recent years to over 400 thousand by the end of September 2013. Inflow and outflow are increasing. The amount of short-term WW benefits has grown dramatically.
With a pandemic ongoing, the year 2020 reshaped the lives of young people in the Netherlands.
Government expenditure (ESA 2010). Current and capital transactions, sectors, quarters.
Trade and industry; jobs, labour volume, costs and revenues, results Industry, construction, trade, transport, personal and business services
Last year, 49 thousand persons became naturalised citizens of the Netherlands, which is almost double the number in 2019.
In the period December through February, unemployment declined by an average of 8 thousand per month. This resulted in 336 thousand unemployed in February 2022, i.e. 3.4 percent of the labour force.
In the second quarter of this year, 78 thousand people were added to the unemployment ranks in comparison to the previous quarter. The amount is smaller than in the second quarter of 2009, when the number...