Employment; economic activity, quarterly, national accounts, 1995-2018
| Employment type | Sector/branches (SIC 2008) | Periods | Employed persons Employed persons (x 1 000) | Employed persons Employed persons seasonal adjusted (x 1 000) | Jobs Jobs (x 1 000) | Jobs Jobs seasonal adjusted (x 1 000) | Hours worked Hours worked (mil hour) | Hours worked Hours worked seasonal adjusted (mil hour) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | A-U All economic activities | 2018 1st quarter* | 9,178 | 9,253 | 10,295 | 10,384 | 3,437 | 3,293 |
| Total | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2018 1st quarter* | 183 | 192 | 244 | 253 | 83 | 87 |
| Total | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2018 1st quarter* | 844 | 844 | 871 | 873 | 365 | 342 |
| Total | C Manufacturing | 2018 1st quarter* | 777 | 778 | 801 | 803 | 334 | 313 |
| Total | F Construction | 2018 1st quarter* | 477 | 479 | 528 | 531 | 219 | 218 |
| Total | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2018 1st quarter* | 2,296 | 2,312 | 2,496 | 2,517 | 818 | 787 |
| Total | J Information and communication | 2018 1st quarter* | 294 | 293 | 319 | 319 | 132 | 124 |
| Total | K Financial institutions | 2018 1st quarter* | 221 | 221 | 231 | 231 | 95 | 88 |
| Total | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2018 1st quarter* | 73 | 73 | 85 | 86 | 29 | 28 |
| Total | M-N Business services | 2018 1st quarter* | 1,962 | 2,010 | 2,279 | 2,337 | 695 | 684 |
| Total | 78 Employment activities | 2018 1st quarter* | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Total | O-Q Government and care | 2018 1st quarter* | 2,445 | 2,443 | 2,736 | 2,729 | 845 | 782 |
| Total | O Public administration and services | 2018 1st quarter* | 493 | 492 | 523 | 521 | 204 | 188 |
| Total | P Education | 2018 1st quarter* | 533 | 530 | 604 | 598 | 190 | 175 |
| Total | Q Health and social work activities | 2018 1st quarter* | 1,419 | 1,421 | 1,609 | 1,610 | 450 | 419 |
| Total | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2018 1st quarter* | 382 | 385 | 507 | 510 | 156 | 152 |
| Employee | A-U All economic activities | 2018 1st quarter* | 7,680 | 7,755 | 8,197 | 8,286 | 2,777 | 2,615 |
| Employee | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2018 1st quarter* | 90 | 98 | 98 | 106 | 33 | 34 |
| Employee | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2018 1st quarter* | 800 | 802 | 816 | 818 | 344 | 321 |
| Employee | C Manufacturing | 2018 1st quarter* | 735 | 737 | 749 | 751 | 314 | 293 |
| Employee | F Construction | 2018 1st quarter* | 305 | 307 | 312 | 314 | 132 | 126 |
| Employee | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2018 1st quarter* | 2,048 | 2,063 | 2,169 | 2,188 | 680 | 643 |
| Employee | J Information and communication | 2018 1st quarter* | 257 | 256 | 265 | 265 | 111 | 103 |
| Employee | K Financial institutions | 2018 1st quarter* | 215 | 215 | 222 | 222 | 92 | 84 |
| Employee | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2018 1st quarter* | 64 | 64 | 67 | 68 | 25 | 23 |
| Employee | M-N Business services | 2018 1st quarter* | 1,479 | 1,528 | 1,612 | 1,670 | 541 | 528 |
| Employee | 78 Employment activities | 2018 1st quarter* | 722 | 759 | 801 | 845 | 242 | 248 |
| Employee | O-Q Government and care | 2018 1st quarter* | 2,174 | 2,172 | 2,332 | 2,329 | 737 | 676 |
| Employee | O Public administration and services | 2018 1st quarter* | 493 | 492 | 523 | 521 | 204 | 188 |
| Employee | P Education | 2018 1st quarter* | 491 | 488 | 529 | 525 | 166 | 151 |
| Employee | Q Health and social work activities | 2018 1st quarter* | 1,190 | 1,192 | 1,280 | 1,283 | 366 | 336 |
| Employee | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2018 1st quarter* | 247 | 250 | 304 | 308 | 82 | 77 |
| Self-employed | A-U All economic activities | 2018 1st quarter* | 1,498 | 1,498 | 2,098 | 2,098 | 660 | 678 |
| Self-employed | A Agriculture, forestry and fishing | 2018 1st quarter* | 93 | 94 | 146 | 147 | 50 | 54 |
| Self-employed | B-E Industry (no construction), energy | 2018 1st quarter* | 43 | 43 | 55 | 55 | 21 | 21 |
| Self-employed | C Manufacturing | 2018 1st quarter* | 42 | 41 | 52 | 52 | 20 | 20 |
| Self-employed | F Construction | 2018 1st quarter* | 172 | 172 | 216 | 217 | 87 | 92 |
| Self-employed | G-I Trade, transport, hotels, catering | 2018 1st quarter* | 248 | 249 | 327 | 329 | 138 | 144 |
| Self-employed | J Information and communication | 2018 1st quarter* | 37 | 36 | 54 | 54 | 20 | 21 |
| Self-employed | K Financial institutions | 2018 1st quarter* | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Self-employed | L Renting, buying, selling real estate | 2018 1st quarter* | 10 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 |
| Self-employed | M-N Business services | 2018 1st quarter* | 483 | 482 | 667 | 667 | 154 | 156 |
| Self-employed | 78 Employment activities | 2018 1st quarter* | . | . | . | . | . | . |
| Self-employed | O-Q Government and care | 2018 1st quarter* | 271 | 271 | 404 | 401 | 108 | 107 |
| Self-employed | O Public administration and services | 2018 1st quarter* | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Self-employed | P Education | 2018 1st quarter* | 42 | 42 | 74 | 73 | 24 | 23 |
| Self-employed | Q Health and social work activities | 2018 1st quarter* | 229 | 229 | 329 | 328 | 84 | 83 |
| Self-employed | R-U Culture, recreation, other services | 2018 1st quarter* | 135 | 135 | 203 | 202 | 74 | 75 |
| Source: CBS. | ||||||||
Table explanation
This table provides data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual and quarterly data on employed persons, jobs, and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series are also available in this table.
Data available from: 1995 first quarter up to and including 2018 first quarter.
Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2014 are final. Data of 2015 and further are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2015 and further will not become final.
Changes as of June 22nd 2018:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources and estimation methods have been used during the revision. Therefore this table has been replaced by table Employment; economic activity, quarterly, National Accounts. For further information see section 3.
When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
Description topics
- Employed persons
- Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
- Employed persons
- Someone working for a company located in the Netherlands, or an institution or private household in the Netherlands.
- Employed persons seasonal adjusted
- The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.
- 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.
A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons.- 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.
A distinction is made between jobs of employees and jobs of self-employed persons.
- Jobs seasonal adjusted
- The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.
- Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
- Hours worked
- The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
- Hours worked seasonal adjusted
- The removal of annually recurring patterns from the figures which are normal for a particular time of year.