Labour participation; attachment to the labour market

Changed on: 22/11/2024 06:30

Labour participation; attachment to the labour market
Sex	Personal characteristics	Registered employment UWV	Periods	Labour force and not in the labour force (x 1.000)	Employed labour force Employed labour force (x 1.000)	Employed labour force Want to work more hours, available (x 1.000)	Employed labour force Doesn’t want more hours or not available (x 1.000)	Not employed labour force Not employed labour force (x 1.000)	Not employed labour force Unemployed labour force Unemployed labour force (x 1.000)	Not employed labour force Not in the labour force Not in the labour force (x 1.000)	Not employed labour force Not in the labour force Seeking work, but not available (x 1.000)
Total male and female	Total persons	Total	2024 3rd quarter	13,379	9,792	487	9,305	3,587	377	3,210	109
Total male and female	Total persons	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	968	329	32	296	639	111	528	40
Total male and female	Total persons	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	160	75	9	66	85	46	39	13
Total male and female	Total persons	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	808	254	23	230	554	65	489	26
Total male and female	Total persons	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	12,411	9,463	455	9,009	2,948	266	2,682	69
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	2,162	1,646	244	1,402	516	167	349	32
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	55	19	2	17	36	9	27	2
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	7	4	1	3	3	2	2	1
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	48	16	2	14	33	7	26	2
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	2,107	1,626	242	1,385	480	159	322	30
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	4,561	3,989	130	3,859	573	123	449	38
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	406	167	18	149	239	53	186	19
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	67	34	3	31	33	19	14	5
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	339	133	15	118	206	33	173	14
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	4,156	3,822	112	3,709	334	71	263	19
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	2,358	2,063	73	1,989	295	77	218	22
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	193	81	10	71	112	27	85	9
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	32	15	2	14	16	11	6	2
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	161	65	8	57	96	16	79	7
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	2,165	1,982	63	1,919	183	50	133	13
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	2,204	1,926	56	1,869	278	47	231	16
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	213	86	8	78	127	26	101	10
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	35	18	1	17	17	9	8	3
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	178	68	6	61	111	17	93	7
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	1,991	1,840	49	1,791	151	21	130	6
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	6,656	4,157	113	4,044	2,498	86	2,412	38
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	507	142	13	130	364	50	315	18
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	86	37	5	32	49	25	24	8
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	421	105	7	98	315	25	291	10
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	6,149	4,015	101	3,915	2,134	36	2,098	20
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	2,241	1,923	58	1,865	318	36	282	15
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	202	70	6	64	132	20	112	8
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	36	17	3	15	18	10	9	3
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	167	53	3	50	114	10	103	5
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	2,039	1,853	52	1,801	186	16	170	7
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	2,457	1,856	43	1,813	601	42	559	13
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	245	64	5	59	181	26	155	8
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	40	18	2	16	22	14	9	4
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	204	46	3	43	158	12	146	4
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	2,212	1,792	38	1,754	420	16	404	5
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	1,958	378	12	366	1,580	8	1,571	9
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	60	8	1	7	52	4	48	2
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	10	2	0	2	8	2	7	1
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	50	6	1	5	43	2	41	1
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	1,898	370	11	359	1,528	5	1,523	8
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Total	2024 3rd quarter	3,371	1,932	149	1,782	1,439	122	1,317	34
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	383	106	8	97	277	29	248	12
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	34	14	1	13	19	7	13	3
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	349	91	7	84	258	22	235	9
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	2,988	1,826	141	1,685	1,162	93	1,069	22
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Total	2024 3rd quarter	4,939	3,701	196	3,506	1,238	133	1,105	33
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	346	122	13	109	224	39	185	13
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	60	30	4	26	30	16	14	5
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	285	92	9	82	194	23	171	8
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	4,594	3,579	183	3,397	1,014	94	920	20
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Total	2024 3rd quarter	4,991	4,118	141	3,977	873	120	754	40
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	227	98	10	88	129	43	86	13
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	66	30	4	26	36	23	13	5
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	162	68	7	62	93	20	74	8
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	4,764	4,020	130	3,889	744	77	667	27
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Total	2024 3rd quarter	78	41	1	40	37	1	36	1
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	12	3	0	2	9	0	9	1
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	12	2	0	2	9	0	9	1
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	66	38	1	37	28	1	27	0
Male	Total persons	Total	2024 3rd quarter	6,691	5,165	198	4,967	1,527	188	1,339	54
Male	Total persons	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	464	177	15	162	287	61	226	22
Male	Total persons	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	77	38	3	35	39	22	17	7
Male	Total persons	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	387	138	12	126	249	40	209	15
Male	Total persons	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	6,227	4,988	183	4,805	1,239	127	1,113	33
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	1,100	832	120	712	267	86	182	18
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	30	12	1	11	18	6	12	2
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	3	2	0	1	1	1	1	0
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	27	10	0	10	17	5	12	1
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	1,070	820	119	701	249	80	169	16
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	2,297	2,095	46	2,050	202	57	145	17
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	190	90	8	81	100	28	72	9
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	30	18	1	17	12	8	4	1
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	161	72	7	65	89	20	68	8
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	2,107	2,006	37	1,968	102	28	73	8
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	1,193	1,078	32	1,046	115	36	80	10
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	91	44	5	39	48	14	34	4
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	13	8	1	7	5	4	1	0
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	78	36	4	31	43	10	33	4
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	1,102	1,035	27	1,008	67	22	45	6
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	1,104	1,017	14	1,003	87	21	66	7
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	99	46	3	43	52	15	38	5
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	17	10	0	10	7	4	3	1
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	82	36	3	33	46	11	35	4
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	1,005	971	11	961	34	6	28	2
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	3,294	2,237	32	2,205	1,057	46	1,012	19
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	244	75	6	69	169	28	142	11
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	45	19	2	17	26	13	13	5
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	199	56	4	52	143	15	129	6
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	3,050	2,162	26	2,136	888	18	870	9
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Total	2024 3rd quarter	1,109	990	9	981	119	16	103	5
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	93	34	2	31	60	10	50	4
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	17	8	1	7	9	4	5	2
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 3rd quarter	76	26	2	24	51	6	45	2
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 3rd quarter	1,016	956	7	949	60	6	53	1
Source: CBS.

Explanation of symbols

Table explanation

This table contains quarterly and yearly figures on labour participation in the Netherlands. The population of 15 to 74 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 level of education is available.

Data available from: 2013

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are final.

Changes as of November 22, 2024:
The figures for 3rd quarter 2024 are added.

Changes as of August 23, 2022:
None, this is a new table. This table has been compiled on the basis of the Labor Force Survey (LFS). Due to changes in the research design and the questionnaire of the LFS, the figures for 2021 are not automatically comparable with the figures up to and including 2020. The key figures in this table have therefore been made consistent with the (non-seasonally adjusted) figures in the table Arbeidsdeelname, kerncijfers seizoengecorrigeerd (see section 4), in which the outcomes for the period 2013-2020 have been recalculated to align with the outcomes from 2021. When further detailing the outcomes according to job and personal characteristics, there may nevertheless be differences from 2020 to 2021 as a result of the new method.

When will new figures be released?
New figures will be published on February, 2025.

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.

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.

Want to work more hours, available: This group consists of people who work part-time (less than 35 hours a week) in their first job and want to work more hours within six months, assuming that their earnings also change. They are immediately available for this. The comparable term used by Eurostat is underemployed.

Up to and including 2012 it was assumed that people who work 12 hours or more a week and want to work more hours, cannot start within two weeks. This group was therefore not asked if they could start within two weeks. The questionnaire has now been adjusted so that the respondent will receive this question. The number of people that can start within two weeks is therefore greater than before and the remaining part of the employed labour force that does not want to work more hours or is not available, is therefore (equally) lower.

Doesn’t want more hours or not available: This group consists of people:
- who work full-time (35 hours or more a week) in their first job;
- who work part-time (less than 35 hours a week) in their first job and do not want to work more hours within six months (assuming that their earnings also change);
- who work part-time (less than 35 hours a week) in their first job, want to work more hours within six months, but are not immediately available for this;

Up to and including 2012 it was assumed that people who work 12 hours or more a week and want to work more hours, cannot start within two weeks. This group was therefore not asked if they could start within two weeks. The questionnaire has now been adjusted so that the respondent will receive this question. The number of people that can start within two weeks is therefore greater than before and the remaining part of the employed labour force that does not want to work more hours or is not available, is therefore (equally) lower.

Not employed labour force

People who don't 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. The non-employed population consists of the unemployed labour force and the people not in the labour force. Paid work is regardless of the hours worked.

Not employed labour force: People who don't 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. The non-employed population consists of the unemployed labour force and the people not in the labour force. 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.

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.

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.

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.

Seeking work, but not available: Person is not directly available for work, but has recently looked for work.