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

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 A-U All economic activities 2016* 8,901 9,999 7,131 12,788
Total male and female Employee A-U All economic activities 2016* 7,416 7,920 5,930 10,093
Total male and female Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2016* 1,485 2,079 1,202 2,695
Male Total A-U All economic activities 2016* 4,707 5,220 4,224 7,838
Male Employee A-U All economic activities 2016* 3,948 4,164 3,502 6,176
Male Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2016* 759 1,056 722 1,662
Female Total A-U All economic activities 2016* 4,194 4,779 2,908 4,950
Female Employee A-U All economic activities 2016* 3,468 3,756 2,428 3,917
Female Self-employed A-U All economic activities 2016* 726 1,023 480 1,033
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 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 Therefore this table has been replaced by table Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts.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.