Labour participation; attachment to the labour market

Changed on: 21/08/2024 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 2nd quarter	13,377	9,822	517	9,305	3,555	365	3,190	113
Total male and female	Total persons	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	963	329	33	296	634	115	519	40
Total male and female	Total persons	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	168	82	11	71	86	54	32	9
Total male and female	Total persons	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	796	247	22	225	548	61	487	30
Total male and female	Total persons	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	12,414	9,493	484	9,010	2,921	249	2,671	73
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	2,175	1,670	267	1,403	505	154	351	36
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	50	19	3	16	31	8	23	1
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	5	3	0	3	3	1	1	0
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	45	16	2	14	29	6	22	1
Total male and female	Age: 15 to 24 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	2,125	1,651	264	1,387	474	146	328	35
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	4,547	3,975	130	3,845	572	122	449	43
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	407	169	14	155	238	55	183	20
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	74	39	4	35	35	23	12	5
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	333	130	10	120	203	32	171	16
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 44 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	4,140	3,806	116	3,690	334	68	266	22
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	2,353	2,065	69	1,996	287	73	215	22
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	192	78	7	72	113	28	85	9
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	34	17	1	16	18	11	7	3
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	157	62	6	56	95	17	79	6
Total male and female	Age: 25 to 34 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	2,161	1,987	62	1,924	174	45	129	13
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	2,195	1,910	61	1,850	284	50	235	21
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	216	91	7	84	125	27	98	12
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	40	22	3	20	17	12	5	2
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	176	69	5	64	107	15	92	10
Total male and female	Age: 35 to 44 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	1,979	1,819	53	1,766	160	23	137	9
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	6,655	4,177	120	4,056	2,479	88	2,390	34
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	506	140	16	124	366	53	313	18
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	88	40	7	33	48	30	18	4
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	418	101	10	91	317	23	294	14
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 74 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	6,149	4,036	104	3,932	2,113	35	2,077	16
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	2,254	1,939	63	1,876	316	34	281	17
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	202	75	10	65	126	19	107	10
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	34	19	4	15	16	9	6	2
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	167	56	6	51	111	10	101	8
Total male and female	Age: 45 to 54 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	2,053	1,864	53	1,811	189	15	174	7
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	2,450	1,843	42	1,800	607	42	565	11
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	249	58	6	52	191	30	161	7
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	45	20	3	17	26	19	7	2
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	203	38	3	35	165	11	154	5
Total male and female	Age: 55 to 64 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	2,201	1,785	37	1,749	416	12	403	5
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	1,952	395	15	380	1,556	12	1,544	6
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	56	8	1	7	48	4	44	2
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	8	1	0	1	7	2	5	1
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	48	6	1	5	41	3	39	1
Total male and female	Age: 65 to 74 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	1,895	388	14	373	1,508	8	1,500	4
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Total	2024 2nd quarter	3,492	2,007	171	1,836	1,485	134	1,351	42
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	381	105	10	95	276	30	246	15
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	37	16	3	13	21	10	11	3
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	344	89	7	82	255	20	235	12
Total male and female	Level of educ: 1. Low	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	3,111	1,902	162	1,741	1,208	104	1,105	26
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Total	2024 2nd quarter	4,887	3,686	200	3,487	1,200	123	1,077	38
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	346	123	14	109	223	41	182	12
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	62	32	4	28	30	18	12	3
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	285	91	10	82	193	23	170	10
Total male and female	Level of educ: 2 Intermediate	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	4,540	3,563	186	3,378	977	82	895	26
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Total	2024 2nd quarter	4,931	4,091	145	3,947	839	106	733	33
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	223	98	9	89	124	43	81	12
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	68	34	4	30	34	26	8	4
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	154	65	6	59	90	17	73	8
Total male and female	Level of educ: 3 High	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	4,708	3,993	135	3,858	715	63	652	21
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Total	2024 2nd quarter	68	37	1	36	31	1	30	0
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	14	3	0	2	11	1	10	0
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	13	3	0	2	10	1	10	0
Total male and female	Level of educ: unknown	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	55	35	1	34	20	0	20	0
Male	Total persons	Total	2024 2nd quarter	6,687	5,177	214	4,963	1,510	187	1,323	50
Male	Total persons	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	459	177	15	162	282	63	219	18
Male	Total persons	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	87	44	3	41	43	29	14	4
Male	Total persons	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	372	133	12	121	239	34	205	15
Male	Total persons	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	6,228	5,000	199	4,801	1,228	124	1,103	31
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	1,105	848	135	713	256	80	176	15
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	24	10	1	10	13	5	9	0
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	4	2	0	2	2	1	1	0
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	20	9	1	8	11	3	8	0
Male	Age: 15 to 24 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	1,081	838	134	704	243	76	167	14
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	2,289	2,084	42	2,042	205	59	146	17
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	190	90	7	84	99	30	70	8
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	36	20	1	19	16	12	4	2
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	154	71	6	65	84	18	66	6
Male	Age: 25 to 44 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	2,099	1,994	36	1,958	106	30	76	9
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	1,190	1,074	26	1,048	116	37	79	10
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	89	41	3	37	49	16	33	3
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	16	8	0	7	8	6	2	1
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	73	33	3	30	41	9	31	3
Male	Age: 25 to 34 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	1,101	1,034	23	1,011	67	21	46	7
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	1,099	1,010	16	993	89	22	67	7
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	101	50	3	47	51	14	37	5
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	20	12	1	11	8	6	2	1
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	81	38	3	35	43	8	34	4
Male	Age: 35 to 44 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	998	960	13	947	38	8	30	2
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	3,293	2,245	36	2,208	1,049	48	1,001	18
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	246	76	7	69	169	29	141	10
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	48	22	2	20	25	16	9	2
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	198	54	5	48	144	13	131	8
Male	Age: 45 to 74 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	3,048	2,168	29	2,140	879	19	860	8
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Total	2024 2nd quarter	1,116	996	15	981	120	16	104	8
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	94	38	4	34	56	9	47	5
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at UWV, with WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	18	10	1	9	8	5	3	1
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Registered at UWV, no WW benefit	2024 2nd quarter	76	27	3	24	48	4	44	4
Male	Age: 45 to 54 years	Not registered at an employment office	2024 2nd quarter	1,022	958	11	948	64	7	57	3
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 August 21, 2024:
The figures for 2nd 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 November 21, 2024.

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.