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 A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 195 257 162 369
Total male and female Total 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 2 2 2 4
Total male and female Total 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 91 95 84 152
Total male and female Total J Information and communication 2016* 277 307 262 480
Total male and female Total 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 192 213 184 340
Total male and female Employee A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 95 103 71 129
Total male and female Employee 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 2 2 1 2
Total male and female Employee 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 87 89 80 142
Total male and female Employee J Information and communication 2016* 238 245 220 390
Total male and female Employee 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 164 169 153 274
Total male and female Self-employed A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 100 155 91 240
Total male and female Self-employed 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 1 1 0 1
Total male and female Self-employed 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 4 6 4 10
Total male and female Self-employed J Information and communication 2016* 39 61 42 90
Total male and female Self-employed 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 28 44 31 66
Male Total A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 133 175 118 276
Male Total 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 2 2 2 3
Male Total 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 69 72 65 120
Male Total J Information and communication 2016* 207 230 203 377
Male Total 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 153 170 151 282
Male Employee A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 64 69 52 95
Male Employee 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 1 1 1 2
Male Employee 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 65 67 62 112
Male Employee J Information and communication 2016* 174 179 167 300
Male Employee 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 129 132 124 223
Male Self-employed A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 68 106 66 182
Male Self-employed 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 0 1 0 1
Male Self-employed 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 3 5 3 8
Male Self-employed J Information and communication 2016* 32 51 36 77
Male Self-employed 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 24 38 27 58
Female Total A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 62 82 44 92
Female Total 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 0 0 0 1
Female Total 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 22 23 19 32
Female Total J Information and communication 2016* 70 77 59 103
Female Total 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 39 43 33 58
Female Employee A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 31 34 19 34
Female Employee 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 0 0 0 0
Female Employee 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 22 22 18 31
Female Employee J Information and communication 2016* 63 67 53 90
Female Employee 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 35 37 29 51
Female Self-employed A Agriculture, forestry and fishing 2016* 31 48 25 59
Female Self-employed 02 Forestry and logging 2016* 0 0 0 0
Female Self-employed 52 Warehousing, services for transport 2016* 1 1 1 1
Female Self-employed J Information and communication 2016* 7 10 6 12
Female Self-employed 62-63 IT- and information services 2016* 4 6 4 7
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.