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Seven percent of young people have never had a job
In 2023, 7 percent of the Netherlands' 2.2 million young people aged 15 to 24 had never been in paid work
Labour participation; attachment to the labour market
Employed and not employed, want to work, reasons to not want to work Sex, age, level of education
Unemployment rate slightly down in October
In October, unemployment fell to 3.6 percent of the labour force. In September, it stood at 3.7 percent in September, which means that the slight increase in unemployment over the past six months did...
Caribbean Netherlands; labour participation, attachment to labour market
Employed and not employed, want to work, reasons to not want to work Sex, age, level of education, Caribbean Netherlands
Unemployment further up in July
In July 2022, unemployment rose further to 353 thousand. This is 3.6 percent of the labour force. From May through July, unemployment rose by an average of 12 thousand per month.
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...
Number of employed further up
In the period July through September, the number of people aged 15 to 74 years in employment grew by 22 thousand per month on average, to 9.1 million in September.