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 B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 833 863 763 1,363
Total male and female Total F Construction 2016* 460 511 447 846
Total male and female Total 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 158 189 159 298
Total male and female Total 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 248 266 235 450
Total male and female Employee B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 792 807 725 1,277
Total male and female Employee F Construction 2016* 293 299 274 488
Total male and female Employee 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 78 80 73 122
Total male and female Employee 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 166 170 155 279
Total male and female Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 41 56 38 86
Total male and female Self-employed F Construction 2016* 167 212 173 358
Total male and female Self-employed 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 80 109 87 175
Total male and female Self-employed 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 82 96 80 171
Male Total B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 652 670 624 1,126
Male Total F Construction 2016* 413 453 413 783
Male Total 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 143 168 148 276
Male Total 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 222 235 217 415
Male Employee B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 621 630 594 1,059
Male Employee F Construction 2016* 261 264 251 450
Male Employee 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 69 70 66 111
Male Employee 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 148 150 142 258
Male Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 31 41 30 67
Male Self-employed F Construction 2016* 153 189 162 333
Male Self-employed 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 74 99 82 165
Male Self-employed 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 74 85 75 157
Female Total B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 182 193 139 237
Female Total F Construction 2016* 47 58 34 63
Female Total 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 15 21 12 22
Female Total 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 26 32 18 35
Female Employee B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 171 178 130 218
Female Employee F Construction 2016* 32 35 23 39
Female Employee 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 9 10 7 11
Female Employee 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 18 20 13 22
Female Self-employed B-E Industry (no construction), energy 2016* 11 16 9 19
Female Self-employed F Construction 2016* 15 23 11 25
Female Self-employed 41 Construction buildings, development 2016* 6 10 5 11
Female Self-employed 43 Specialised construction activities 2016* 8 12 6 13
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.