Employment; economic activity, sex, national accounts,1969-2016

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Employment; economic activity, sex, national accounts,1969-2016
Gender Employment type Sector/branches (SIC 2008) 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 M-N Business services 2016* 1,855 2,164 1,386 2,559
Total male and female Total M Other specialised business services 2016* 704 812 587 1,106
Total male and female Total N Renting and other business support 2016* 1,151 1,353 799 1,453
Total male and female Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 439 557 261 487
Total male and female Employee M-N Business services 2016* 1,385 1,514 1,101 1,951
Total male and female Employee M Other specialised business services 2016* 482 505 426 757
Total male and female Employee N Renting and other business support 2016* 903 1,008 676 1,194
Total male and female Employee 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 203 232 149 254
Total male and female Self-employed M-N Business services 2016* 469 651 285 608
Total male and female Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2016* 221 306 162 348
Total male and female Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2016* 248 344 123 259
Total male and female Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 236 326 112 233
Male Total M-N Business services 2016* 975 1,098 837 1,564
Male Total M Other specialised business services 2016* 420 480 377 722
Male Total N Renting and other business support 2016* 555 618 459 842
Male Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 116 135 110 204
Male Employee M-N Business services 2016* 820 880 702 1,266
Male Employee M Other specialised business services 2016* 292 303 275 498
Male Employee N Renting and other business support 2016* 527 577 427 768
Male Employee 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 95 106 85 148
Male Self-employed M-N Business services 2016* 155 218 135 298
Male Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2016* 127 177 102 224
Male Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2016* 28 41 33 74
Male Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 20 29 25 56
Female Total M-N Business services 2016* 880 1,067 550 994
Female Total M Other specialised business services 2016* 284 332 210 383
Female Total N Renting and other business support 2016* 596 734 340 611
Female Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 323 422 151 283
Female Employee M-N Business services 2016* 565 633 400 684
Female Employee M Other specialised business services 2016* 190 202 151 259
Female Employee N Renting and other business support 2016* 376 431 249 425
Female Employee 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 108 126 64 106
Female Self-employed M-N Business services 2016* 314 433 150 310
Female Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2016* 94 130 60 124
Female Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2016* 220 303 90 186
Female Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2016* 215 296 86 177
Source: CBS.
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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 up to and including 2016.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1969 up to and including 2014 are final. Data of 2015 and 2016 are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2015 and 2016 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, sex, 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.
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.
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.