Labour participation; young people, 2003-2022
| Sex | Age | Formal Education | Periods | Labour force and not in the labour force (x 1 000) | Labour force Labour force (x 1 000) | Labour force Unemployed labour force (x 1 000) | Labour force Unemployment rate (%) | Labour force Employed labour force Employed labour force (x 1 000) | Not in the labour force (x 1 000) | Gross labour participation rate (%) | Net labour participation rate (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 2,137 | 1,708 | 130 | 7.6 | 1,578 | 429 | 79.9 | 73.9 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 1,608 | 1,243 | 100 | 8.0 | 1,144 | 365 | 77.3 | 71.1 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 24 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 528 | 464 | 30 | 6.5 | 434 | 64 | 87.9 | 82.2 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 1,016 | 767 | 75 | 9.8 | 692 | 249 | 75.5 | 68.1 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 876 | 659 | 62 | 9.4 | 597 | 217 | 75.3 | 68.2 |
| Total male and female | 15 to 19 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 140 | 108 | 13 | 11.9 | 95 | 32 | 77.0 | 67.9 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 1,121 | 941 | 55 | 5.8 | 886 | 180 | 83.9 | 79.0 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 733 | 584 | 38 | 6.4 | 547 | 148 | 79.8 | 74.6 |
| Total male and female | 20 to 24 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 388 | 357 | 17 | 4.8 | 339 | 32 | 91.8 | 87.4 |
| Total male and female | 15 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 191 | 118 | 25 | 21.6 | 92 | 74 | 61.4 | 48.1 |
| Total male and female | 15 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 162 | 98 | 19 | 19.9 | 79 | 64 | 60.4 | 48.4 |
| Total male and female | 15 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 29 | 20 | 6 | . | 14 | 9 | . | . |
| Total male and female | 16 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 193 | 141 | 14 | 9.6 | 128 | 52 | 73.2 | 66.2 |
| Total male and female | 16 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 171 | 128 | 12 | 9.1 | 116 | 43 | 74.6 | 67.8 |
| Total male and female | 16 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 22 | 14 | 2 | . | 12 | 8 | . | . |
| Total male and female | 17 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 199 | 157 | 10 | 6.3 | 147 | 42 | 79.0 | 74.0 |
| Total male and female | 17 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 179 | 141 | 10 | 6.9 | 132 | 38 | 78.8 | 73.4 |
| Total male and female | 17 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 19 | 16 | 0 | . | 15 | 4 | . | . |
| Total male and female | 18 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 211 | 168 | 12 | 7.0 | 157 | 43 | 79.7 | 74.1 |
| Total male and female | 18 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 182 | 144 | 10 | 7.0 | 134 | 38 | 79.3 | 73.7 |
| Total male and female | 18 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 29 | 24 | 2 | . | 23 | 5 | . | . |
| Total male and female | 19 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 221 | 182 | 14 | 7.7 | 168 | 38 | 82.6 | 76.2 |
| Total male and female | 19 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 181 | 148 | 11 | 7.4 | 137 | 33 | 81.7 | 75.6 |
| Total male and female | 19 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 40 | 35 | 3 | 9.1 | 32 | 5 | 87.0 | 79.0 |
| Total male and female | 20 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 224 | 185 | 10 | 5.5 | 175 | 38 | 82.9 | 78.4 |
| Total male and female | 20 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 179 | 145 | 8 | 5.8 | 136 | 34 | 80.8 | 76.2 |
| Total male and female | 20 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 45 | 41 | 2 | 4.7 | 39 | 4 | 91.4 | 87.1 |
| Total male and female | 21 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 229 | 189 | 9 | 4.9 | 180 | 40 | 82.4 | 78.4 |
| Total male and female | 21 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 169 | 135 | 7 | 5.6 | 127 | 34 | 79.8 | 75.3 |
| Total male and female | 21 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 60 | 54 | 2 | 3.3 | 52 | 6 | 89.9 | 87.0 |
| Total male and female | 22 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 226 | 188 | 14 | 7.4 | 174 | 37 | 83.4 | 77.3 |
| Total male and female | 22 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 147 | 115 | 8 | 6.7 | 107 | 32 | 78.0 | 72.7 |
| Total male and female | 22 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 78 | 73 | 6 | 8.4 | 67 | 5 | 93.7 | 85.8 |
| Total male and female | 23 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 224 | 191 | 12 | 6.5 | 178 | 34 | 85.0 | 79.5 |
| Total male and female | 23 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 139 | 113 | 8 | 7.1 | 105 | 26 | 81.6 | 75.8 |
| Total male and female | 23 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 85 | 77 | 4 | 5.6 | 73 | 8 | 90.6 | 85.5 |
| Total male and female | 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 218 | 188 | 9 | 4.8 | 179 | 31 | 86.0 | 81.8 |
| Total male and female | 24 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 98 | 76 | 6 | 7.9 | 70 | 22 | 77.8 | 71.7 |
| Total male and female | 24 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 120 | 112 | 3 | 2.7 | 108 | 9 | 92.6 | 90.1 |
| Male | 15 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 1,086 | 861 | 64 | 7.4 | 797 | 225 | 79.3 | 73.4 |
| Male | 15 to 24 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 806 | 614 | 48 | 7.8 | 566 | 193 | 76.1 | 70.1 |
| Male | 15 to 24 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 280 | 247 | 15 | 6.2 | 232 | 33 | 88.4 | 82.9 |
| Male | 15 to 19 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 518 | 390 | 37 | 9.6 | 352 | 129 | 75.2 | 68.0 |
| Male | 15 to 19 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 441 | 328 | 30 | 9.2 | 298 | 113 | 74.4 | 67.6 |
| Male | 15 to 19 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 77 | 61 | 7 | 11.7 | 54 | 16 | 79.4 | 70.1 |
| Male | 20 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 568 | 471 | 26 | 5.5 | 445 | 96 | 83.0 | 78.4 |
| Male | 20 to 24 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 365 | 285 | 18 | 6.3 | 268 | 80 | 78.1 | 73.2 |
| Male | 20 to 24 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 202 | 186 | 8 | 4.4 | 178 | 17 | 91.8 | 87.7 |
| Male | 15 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 98 | 64 | 15 | 23.4 | 49 | 34 | 65.4 | 50.1 |
| Male | 15 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 85 | 55 | 12 | 21.7 | 43 | 30 | 64.7 | 50.7 |
| Male | 15 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 14 | 10 | 3 | . | 6 | 4 | . | . |
| Male | 16 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 99 | 72 | 5 | 6.8 | 67 | 27 | 73.1 | 68.2 |
| Male | 16 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 86 | 65 | 4 | 5.7 | 61 | 22 | 75.1 | 70.8 |
| Male | 16 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 12 | 7 | 1 | . | 6 | 5 | . | . |
| Male | 17 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 102 | 77 | 6 | 7.4 | 71 | 24 | 76.0 | 70.3 |
| Male | 17 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 91 | 69 | 6 | 8.0 | 63 | 22 | 75.7 | 69.6 |
| Male | 17 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 11 | 8 | 0 | . | 8 | 2 | . | . |
| Male | 18 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 108 | 82 | 5 | 6.1 | 77 | 26 | 76.2 | 71.6 |
| Male | 18 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 92 | 69 | 4 | 6.0 | 65 | 23 | 75.0 | 70.5 |
| Male | 18 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 16 | 13 | 1 | . | 12 | 3 | . | . |
| Male | 19 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 112 | 94 | 7 | 7.1 | 87 | 18 | 83.8 | 77.9 |
| Male | 19 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 87 | 71 | 5 | 7.0 | 66 | 16 | 81.3 | 75.6 |
| Male | 19 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 25 | 23 | 2 | . | 21 | 2 | . | . |
| Male | 20 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 113 | 92 | 4 | 4.5 | 88 | 21 | 81.6 | 77.9 |
| Male | 20 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 88 | 69 | 3 | 5.0 | 65 | 19 | 78.1 | 74.1 |
| Male | 20 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 25 | 24 | 1 | . | 23 | 2 | . | . |
| Male | 21 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 116 | 96 | 6 | 6.4 | 89 | 21 | 82.3 | 77.1 |
| Male | 21 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 86 | 68 | 5 | 7.2 | 63 | 18 | 79.3 | 73.6 |
| Male | 21 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 30 | 27 | 1 | . | 26 | 3 | . | . |
| Male | 22 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 114 | 92 | 4 | 4.6 | 88 | 22 | 80.5 | 76.8 |
| Male | 22 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 76 | 56 | 3 | 5.2 | 53 | 19 | 74.6 | 70.8 |
| Male | 22 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 39 | 36 | 1 | 3.8 | 34 | 3 | 92.0 | 88.6 |
| Male | 23 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 114 | 97 | 6 | 5.8 | 92 | 16 | 85.6 | 80.7 |
| Male | 23 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 67 | 55 | 3 | 5.5 | 52 | 12 | 82.1 | 77.6 |
| Male | 23 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 47 | 42 | 3 | 6.2 | 40 | 4 | 90.5 | 85.0 |
| Male | 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 110 | 94 | 6 | 6.4 | 88 | 16 | 85.1 | 79.6 |
| Male | 24 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 49 | 37 | 4 | 9.6 | 34 | 12 | 76.2 | 68.8 |
| Male | 24 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 61 | 56 | 2 | 4.3 | 54 | 5 | 92.2 | 88.3 |
| Female | 15 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 1,050 | 847 | 66 | 7.8 | 781 | 204 | 80.6 | 74.3 |
| Female | 15 to 24 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 802 | 630 | 51 | 8.2 | 578 | 172 | 78.5 | 72.1 |
| Female | 15 to 24 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 249 | 217 | 15 | 6.8 | 203 | 31 | 87.4 | 81.5 |
| Female | 15 to 19 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 497 | 377 | 37 | 9.9 | 340 | 120 | 75.8 | 68.3 |
| Female | 15 to 19 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 435 | 331 | 32 | 9.6 | 299 | 104 | 76.1 | 68.8 |
| Female | 15 to 19 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 63 | 46 | 6 | 12.2 | 41 | 16 | 74.1 | 65.1 |
| Female | 20 to 24 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 553 | 470 | 29 | 6.1 | 441 | 84 | 84.9 | 79.7 |
| Female | 20 to 24 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 367 | 299 | 20 | 6.6 | 279 | 69 | 81.3 | 76.0 |
| Female | 20 to 24 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 186 | 171 | 9 | 5.3 | 162 | 15 | 91.9 | 87.0 |
| Female | 15 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 93 | 53 | 10 | 19.5 | 43 | 40 | 57.2 | 46.1 |
| Female | 15 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 78 | 43 | 8 | 17.6 | 36 | 34 | 55.7 | 45.9 |
| Female | 15 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 15 | 10 | 3 | . | 7 | 5 | . | . |
| Female | 16 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 94 | 69 | 9 | 12.5 | 60 | 25 | 73.2 | 64.1 |
| Female | 16 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 85 | 63 | 8 | 12.7 | 55 | 22 | 74.1 | 64.7 |
| Female | 16 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 10 | 6 | 1 | . | 6 | 3 | . | . |
| Female | 17 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 97 | 80 | 4 | 5.2 | 76 | 17 | 82.2 | 77.9 |
| Female | 17 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 88 | 72 | 4 | 5.8 | 68 | 16 | 82.0 | 77.2 |
| Female | 17 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 9 | 7 | 0 | . | 7 | 1 | . | . |
| Female | 18 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 104 | 86 | 7 | 7.8 | 80 | 17 | 83.3 | 76.7 |
| Female | 18 years | In formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 90 | 76 | 6 | 7.9 | 70 | 15 | 83.7 | 77.0 |
| Female | 18 years | Not in formal education | 2022 1st quarter | 13 | 11 | 1 | . | 10 | 3 | . | . |
| Female | 19 years | Total | 2022 1st quarter | 109 | 88 | 7 | 8.4 | 81 | 20 | 81.3 | 74.5 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||||||
Table explanation
This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on labour participation of young people in the Netherlands. The population of 15 to 24 years of age (excluding the institutionalized population) is divided into the employed labour force, the unemployed labour force and those not in the labour force. The employed labour force is subdivided on the basis of the professional status and the average working hours. A division by sex, age and whether they are in education is available.
Due to changes in the survey design and the questionnaire of the Labour Force Survey (LFS), a revision of the figures for 2021 was carried out in the first quarter of 2022.
As a result, the numbers of 2021 and later will not be comparable to the years 2003-2020.
Data available for 2003-2022
Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.
Changes as of August 17, 2022:
None, the table has been discontinued.
When will new figures be released?
Not applicable. This table has been replaced, see paragraph 3 for a link to the new table.
Description topics
- Labour force and not in the labour force
- People who are part of the employed labour force, the unemployed labour force or who are not in the labour force.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked. - Labour force
- People
- who have paid work (employed labour force), or
- who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it (unemployed labour force).
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.- Labour force
- People
- who have paid work (employed labour force), or
- who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it (unemployed labour force).
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
- Employed labour force
- People who have paid work.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.- Employed labour force
- People who have paid work.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
- Unemployed labour force
- People who don’t have paid work, recently looked for work and are directly available for it.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.
- Unemployment rate
- The unemployed labour force as a percentage of the (employed and unemployed) labour force.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old.
- Not in the labour force
- People who don’t have paid work, who haven’t recently looked for work recently or are not directly available for it.
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked. - Gross labour participation rate
- The percentage of the (employed and unemployed) labour force in the population (labour force and not in the labour force).
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old. - Net labour participation rate
- The percentage of the employed labour force in the population (labour force and not in the labour force).
This definition concerns people who live in the Netherlands (excluding the institutionalized population). The figures are usually presented for the population aged 15 to 74 years old.