Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts, 1995-2022

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Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts, 1995-2022
Sex 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 (million hours)
Total male and female Total M-N Business services 2022* 2,156 2,479 1,621 2,925
Total male and female Total M Other specialised business services 2022* 872 998 730 1,329
Total male and female Total N Renting and other business support 2022* 1,284 1,482 891 1,596
Total male and female Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 505 631 296 531
Total male and female Employees M-N Business services 2022* 1,602 1,715 1,297 2,277
Total male and female Employees M Other specialised business services 2022* 613 643 543 946
Total male and female Employees N Renting and other business support 2022* 989 1,072 754 1,331
Total male and female Employees 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 224 244 171 291
Total male and female Self-employed M-N Business services 2022* 554 764 324 648
Total male and female Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2022* 259 355 187 382
Total male and female Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2022* 295 410 137 265
Total male and female Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 281 387 126 241
Male Total M-N Business services 2022* 1,125 1,253 964 1,764
Male Total M Other specialised business services 2022* 519 587 464 855
Male Total N Renting and other business support 2022* 606 665 501 909
Male Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 138 160 128 232
Male Employees M-N Business services 2022* 940 993 808 1,438
Male Employees M Other specialised business services 2022* 372 386 347 611
Male Employees N Renting and other business support 2022* 568 607 461 827
Male Employees 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 109 115 96 165
Male Self-employed M-N Business services 2022* 185 260 156 326
Male Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2022* 147 201 117 244
Male Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2022* 38 59 40 82
Male Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 29 45 32 67
Female Total M-N Business services 2022* 1,031 1,227 657 1,161
Female Total M Other specialised business services 2022* 353 410 266 474
Female Total N Renting and other business support 2022* 678 816 391 687
Female Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 367 471 169 299
Female Employees M-N Business services 2022* 662 722 489 839
Female Employees M Other specialised business services 2022* 241 257 196 335
Female Employees N Renting and other business support 2022* 421 465 293 504
Female Employees 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 115 129 75 125
Female Self-employed M-N Business services 2022* 369 504 168 322
Female Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2022* 111 154 70 139
Female Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2022* 258 351 98 183
Female Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2022* 252 342 93 174
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: 1995 up to and including 2022.

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2020 are final. Data of 2021 and further are provisional. Since this table has been discontinued, data of 2021 and further will not become final.

Changes as of June 24th 2024:
None. This table has been discontinued.
Statistics Netherlands has carried out a revision of the national accounts. New statistical sources, methods and concepts are implemented in the national accounts, in order to align the picture of the Dutch economy with all underlying source data and international guidelines for the compilation of the 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.