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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...

Resources, uses and balancing items of subsectors non-financial corporati Subsectors of non-financial corporations

In October, the total volume of goods exports (adjusted for number of working days) was down by 7.5 percent year on year.

In 2022, the number of status holders in paid work increased compared to the previous year.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) developed a Material Flow Monitor (MFM) that captures national resource extraction, imports and exports, product flows between economic sectors, as well as emissions and...

Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Young people (15-24 years), sex, in education or not

Artificial intelligence (AI) is everywhere.

In 2021, 18 percent of the female population aged 12 and over were suffering from psychological complaints. This was 12 percent among the male population.

In August 2022, unemployment continued to rise to 378 thousand. This is 3.8 percent of the labour force.

Jobs Employee characteristics, job characteristics, migration background

Employed and not employed, want to work, reasons to not want to work Sex, age, level of education

It sounds like science fiction: a ‘digital twin’ of society that policy-makers can use to resolve complex social problems.

More young men have started working over the past two years. For a long time, net labour participation among young men lagged behind the female rate.

Labour force, unemployment, labour participation Position in household, sex, age

In May 2022, unemployment stood at 323 thousand. This is 3.3 percent of the labour force and slightly higher than in April 2022, when it was 3.2 percent.

From February to April, the number of people in work aged 15 to 74 years grew further by 38 thousand per month on average, to 9.5 million in April.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has worked step-by-step towards a new application landscape in recent years.

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) is constantly looking for new methods and techniques to meet the steadily growing demand for statistical information.

Over the past three months, the number of unemployed has declined by 14 thousand per month on average. As a result, it stood at 327 thousand in March 2022.

Employed, unemployed and not included in labour force according to international definition by sex and age

Employed labour force Sex, characteristics, economic activities

Number of social security benefits Total number of benefits

The Dutch motor vehicle industry generated a total of 42.5 thousand full-time jobs in the Dutch economy in 2022 due to exports.

On 1 November 2023, 55 percent of the approximately 78 thousand 15 to 64-year-old refugees with Ukrainian nationality living in the Netherlands were employed.

CBS uses scientifically proven methods to guarantee the quality of its products and services.