Monthly labour participation and unemployment

Changed on: 20/03/2025 06:30

Monthly labour participation and unemployment
Sex	Age	Periods	Labour force Not seasonally adjusted (x 1,000)	Labour force Seasonally adjusted (x 1,000)	Employed labour force Not seasonally adjusted (x 1,000)	Employed labour force Seasonally adjusted (x 1,000)	Unemployed labour force Not seasonally adjusted (x 1,000)	Unemployed labour force Seasonally adjusted (x 1,000)	Not in the labour force Not seasonally adjusted (x 1,000)	Not in the labour force Seasonally adjusted (x 1,000)
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 March	10,152	10,170	9,777	9,800	374	371	3,229	3,210
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 April	10,158	10,185	9,795	9,810	363	375	3,215	3,188
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 May	10,191	10,188	9,833	9,821	358	367	3,186	3,189
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 June	10,211	10,186	9,836	9,816	375	370	3,171	3,195
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 July	10,190	10,173	9,830	9,803	360	370	3,190	3,207
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 August	10,160	10,142	9,785	9,768	374	374	3,219	3,237
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 September	10,159	10,154	9,762	9,777	397	377	3,236	3,241
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 October	10,164	10,147	9,790	9,771	374	376	3,250	3,267
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 November	10,179	10,165	9,823	9,793	356	372	3,239	3,253
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2024 December	10,172	10,187	9,820	9,814	353	373	3,251	3,236
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2025 January	10,178	10,201	9,773	9,815	406	386	3,239	3,217
Total sex	15 to 74 years	2025 February	10,188	10,203	9,770	9,811	418	392	3,237	3,221
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 March	1,796	1,819	1,641	1,661	156	158	384	362
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 April	1,809	1,822	1,660	1,663	149	159	367	355
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 May	1,817	1,822	1,670	1,668	147	154	358	353
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 June	1,847	1,821	1,680	1,665	167	157	325	352
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 July	1,847	1,804	1,683	1,648	164	156	321	364
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 August	1,799	1,789	1,636	1,630	163	159	363	373
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 September	1,797	1,798	1,621	1,636	176	161	374	373
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 October	1,808	1,801	1,652	1,640	156	161	375	382
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 November	1,810	1,809	1,661	1,651	150	158	373	374
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2024 December	1,803	1,815	1,660	1,658	143	158	381	369
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2025 January	1,800	1,817	1,636	1,655	165	162	379	362
Total sex	15 to 24 years	2025 February	1,794	1,816	1,626	1,655	168	160	383	362
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 March	4,093	4,088	3,967	3,965	126	123	448	453
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 April	4,089	4,096	3,965	3,970	123	126	453	446
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 May	4,100	4,098	3,978	3,975	122	124	447	449
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 June	4,104	4,108	3,982	3,983	122	126	448	444
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 July	4,101	4,115	3,986	3,991	115	124	456	442
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 August	4,116	4,115	3,990	3,990	126	125	445	446
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 September	4,118	4,116	3,990	3,990	128	126	449	451
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 October	4,119	4,110	3,994	3,984	125	126	455	464
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 November	4,124	4,116	4,005	3,992	119	124	455	463
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2024 December	4,128	4,124	4,004	4,000	124	125	456	460
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2025 January	4,129	4,133	3,992	4,004	137	129	457	453
Total sex	25 to 44 years	2025 February	4,142	4,138	3,995	4,002	148	136	452	456
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 March	4,262	4,263	4,169	4,174	93	90	2,397	2,396
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 April	4,260	4,267	4,169	4,178	91	90	2,394	2,388
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 May	4,274	4,268	4,185	4,178	89	90	2,381	2,388
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 June	4,259	4,257	4,174	4,169	85	88	2,397	2,400
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 July	4,242	4,254	4,161	4,163	81	91	2,413	2,401
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 August	4,245	4,237	4,160	4,148	85	89	2,411	2,419
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 September	4,244	4,240	4,151	4,150	93	90	2,412	2,416
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 October	4,237	4,236	4,145	4,147	92	89	2,420	2,421
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 November	4,245	4,239	4,157	4,149	87	90	2,411	2,416
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2024 December	4,242	4,248	4,156	4,157	86	91	2,414	2,408
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2025 January	4,249	4,251	4,145	4,156	105	94	2,403	2,402
Total sex	45 to 74 years	2025 February	4,251	4,249	4,149	4,153	102	96	2,402	2,404
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 March	5,362	5,368	5,170	5,178	192	190	1,329	1,322
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 April	5,351	5,366	5,164	5,173	187	192	1,334	1,319
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 May	5,374	5,370	5,188	5,182	186	188	1,313	1,317
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 June	5,366	5,360	5,177	5,172	188	188	1,324	1,330
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 July	5,370	5,353	5,189	5,168	181	185	1,320	1,337
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 August	5,343	5,335	5,156	5,149	187	186	1,348	1,357
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 September	5,346	5,342	5,150	5,155	196	187	1,352	1,357
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 October	5,341	5,335	5,161	5,147	180	187	1,367	1,373
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 November	5,348	5,346	5,169	5,163	179	184	1,361	1,363
Men	15 to 74 years	2024 December	5,351	5,358	5,179	5,173	172	185	1,363	1,355
Men	15 to 74 years	2025 January	5,353	5,365	5,150	5,171	203	194	1,357	1,345
Men	15 to 74 years	2025 February	5,364	5,372	5,150	5,173	214	198	1,350	1,343
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 March	915	925	833	839	83	85	192	183
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 April	922	927	843	843	78	85	183	178
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 May	927	927	849	846	78	81	178	177
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 June	938	926	853	846	85	80	166	178
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 July	938	915	852	836	86	79	163	187
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 August	912	906	829	826	83	80	188	194
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 September	905	908	817	828	89	80	199	196
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 October	917	915	841	834	76	81	192	195
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 November	918	920	843	841	76	79	191	190
Men	15 to 24 years	2024 December	915	924	841	842	74	82	195	187
Men	15 to 24 years	2025 January	919	927	834	843	85	84	189	181
Men	15 to 24 years	2025 February	917	925	827	841	89	84	191	182
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 March	2,140	2,139	2,080	2,081	60	58	147	149
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 April	2,139	2,140	2,080	2,081	59	59	147	146
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 May	2,146	2,145	2,086	2,086	60	60	143	144
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 June	2,144	2,147	2,085	2,087	59	60	148	145
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 July	2,149	2,152	2,097	2,095	51	57	146	143
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 August	2,153	2,153	2,095	2,094	59	59	144	144
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 September	2,154	2,153	2,095	2,093	59	60	146	148
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 October	2,152	2,148	2,095	2,088	57	60	153	156
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 November	2,151	2,150	2,094	2,092	57	57	155	157
Men	25 to 44 years	2024 December	2,155	2,155	2,100	2,098	55	57	154	154
Men	25 to 44 years	2025 January	2,160	2,162	2,096	2,101	64	61	150	148
Men	25 to 44 years	2025 February	2,167	2,166	2,097	2,103	70	64	149	149
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 March	2,307	2,305	2,257	2,258	49	47	989	991
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 April	2,290	2,298	2,240	2,250	50	48	1,003	995
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 May	2,301	2,297	2,253	2,250	48	47	992	996
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 June	2,284	2,287	2,239	2,239	45	48	1,010	1,007
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 July	2,283	2,285	2,240	2,236	44	49	1,010	1,008
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 August	2,278	2,276	2,233	2,229	45	47	1,016	1,018
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 September	2,287	2,281	2,239	2,234	48	47	1,007	1,013
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 October	2,272	2,272	2,225	2,225	47	47	1,022	1,022
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 November	2,278	2,277	2,232	2,229	46	47	1,015	1,017
Men	45 to 74 years	2024 December	2,280	2,279	2,237	2,233	43	46	1,013	1,014
Men	45 to 74 years	2025 January	2,274	2,276	2,220	2,226	54	49	1,018	1,016
Men	45 to 74 years	2025 February	2,281	2,280	2,226	2,230	54	50	1,011	1,012
Women	15 to 74 years	2024 March	4,789	4,802	4,608	4,621	182	181	1,900	1,888
Women	15 to 74 years	2024 April	4,807	4,819	4,631	4,637	176	183	1,882	1,869
Women	15 to 74 years	2024 May	4,817	4,819	4,645	4,639	172	179	1,873	1,872
Women	15 to 74 years	2024 June	4,845	4,826	4,659	4,644	186	182	1,846	1,865
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table contains monthly, quarterly and yearly figures on the labour participation and unemployment in the Netherlands. The population of 15 to 75 years old (excluding the institutionalized population) is divided into the employed, the unemployed and the people who are not in in the labour force. The different groups are further broken down by sex and age. Next to the original monthly figures on the labour force you can also find monthly figures that are seasonally adjusted.

Data available from: January 2003

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of 20 March 2025:
The figures for February have been added

When will new figures be published?
New figures on the most recent month are published monthly, in the third week of the month.

Description topics

Labour force

People
- who have paid work (employed labour force), or
- who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it (unemployed labour force).
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted: Figures on the labour force after elimination of seasonal effects. For the yearly figures seasonally adjusted figures are not available because every single year deals with the same seasonal influences.

Employed labour force

People who have paid work.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted: Figures on the employed labour force after elimination of seasonal effects. For the yearly figures seasonally adjusted figures are not available because every single year deals with the same seasonal influences.

Unemployed labour force

People who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted: Figures on the unemployed labour force after elimination of seasonal effects. For the yearly figures seasonally adjusted figures are not available because every single year deals with the same seasonal influences.

Not in the labour force

People who don’t have paid work, who haven’t recently looked for work recently or are not directly available for it.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.

Not seasonally adjusted

Seasonally adjusted: Figures on persons not included in the labour force after elimination of seasonal effects. For the yearly figures seasonally adjusted figures are not available because every single year deals with the same seasonal influences.