Employment; quarterly, sex, National Accounts, 2010-q1 2024

Employment; quarterly, sex, National Accounts, 2010-q1 2024

Employment type Sex Periods Labour volume Employed persons (x 1,000) Labour volume Jobs (x 1,000) Labour volume Hours worked (million hours) Labour volume Hours worked per employed person (hours) Labour volume Hours worked per job (hours) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Employed persons (x 1,000) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Jobs (x 1,000) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked (million hours) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked per employed person (hours) Labour volume seasonal adjusted Hours worked per job (hours)
Total Total male and female 2024 1st quarter* 10,316 11,572 3,822 371 330 10,399 11,646 3,664 352 315
Total Male 2024 1st quarter* 5,399 5,993 2,272 421 379 5,441 6,035 2,185 402 362
Total Female 2024 1st quarter* 4,916 5,579 1,551 315 278 4,958 5,611 1,479 298 264
Employees Total male and female 2024 1st quarter* 8,484 9,008 3,088 364 343 8,563 9,071 2,919 341 322
Employees Male 2024 1st quarter* 4,425 4,654 1,808 409 388 4,466 4,687 1,713 384 365
Employees Female 2024 1st quarter* 4,059 4,354 1,281 316 294 4,097 4,384 1,206 294 275
Self-employed Total male and female 2024 1st quarter* 1,832 2,564 734 401 286 1,837 2,575 745 405 289
Self-employed Male 2024 1st quarter* 975 1,339 464 476 347 976 1,348 472 484 350
Self-employed Female 2024 1st quarter* 857 1,225 270 315 220 861 1,227 273 317 222
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table provides data about the employment of employees and self-employed persons. It contains annual and quarterly data by sex on employed persons, jobs, and hours worked. The seasonal adjusted time series are also available in this table.

Data available from: 2010 first quarter up to and including 2024 first quarter.

Status of the figures:
Data from 2010 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

Labour volume
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of employed persons, jobs or hours worked.
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.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked per employed person
Hours worked per employed person.
Hours worked per job
Hours worked per job.
Labour volume seasonal adjusted
The volume of labour input in the production process, in terms of employed persons, jobs or hours worked with the removal of annually recurring patterns which are normal for a particular time of year.
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.
Hours worked
The number of hours actually worked by someone with a paid job.
Hours worked per employed person
Hours worked per employed person.
Hours worked per job
Hours worked per job.