Labour Accounts; employment, economic activity, sex; 1969-2012

Labour Accounts; employment, economic activity, sex; 1969-2012

Sex Employment type Economic Activities (NACE Rev. 2) Periods Employed persons (x 1 000) Jobs (x 1 000) Full-time equivalent (fte) (x 1 000) Hours worked (mil hour)
Total male and female Total A-U All economic activities 2012* 8,682 9,246 6,735 12,015
Total male and female Employee A-U All economic activities 2012* 7,430 7,847 5,858 9,913
Total male and female Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2012* 1,252 1,399 876 2,102
Male Total A-U All economic activities 2012* 4,600 4,903 4,093 7,511
Male Employee A-U All economic activities 2012* 3,975 4,173 3,532 6,063
Male Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2012* 625 730 561 1,448
Female Total A-U All economic activities 2012* 4,082 4,343 2,642 4,504
Female Employee A-U All economic activities 2012* 3,455 3,674 2,327 3,850
Female Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2012* 627 669 315 653
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table provides annual data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual data on employed persons, jobs, full-time equivalent (fte) and hours worked.

Data available from: 1969 through 2012

Status of the figures:
The figures concerning 2011 and 2012 are (revised) provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of June 25th 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.

This table is replaced by Labour Accounts; employment, economic activity, sex. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Employed persons
Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an
institution or private household in the Netherlands.
Jobs
A job is an explicit or implicit employment contract between a person and
an economic unit which specifies that labour will be carried out in return
for (financial) remuneration.
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A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed
persons.
Full-time equivalent (fte)
A measure of labour volume, calculated by converting all full-time and
part-time jobs to full-time jobs
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.