Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts

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Employment; economic activity, sex, National Accounts
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 2023* 2,075 2,394 1,610 2,930
Total male and female Total M Other specialised business services 2023* 857 980 752 1,399
Total male and female Total N Renting and other business support 2023* 1,218 1,415 858 1,531
Total male and female Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 512 643 301 540
Total male and female Employees M-N Business services 2023* 1,543 1,657 1,275 2,223
Total male and female Employees M Other specialised business services 2023* 632 667 563 977
Total male and female Employees N Renting and other business support 2023* 911 989 713 1,246
Total male and female Employees 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 220 242 170 285
Total male and female Self-employed M-N Business services 2023* 532 738 335 707
Total male and female Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2023* 225 312 190 422
Total male and female Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2023* 307 425 145 285
Total male and female Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 292 401 131 255
Male Total M-N Business services 2023* 1,085 1,210 956 1,765
Male Total M Other specialised business services 2023* 516 584 475 897
Male Total N Renting and other business support 2023* 569 626 481 868
Male Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 140 163 130 235
Male Employees M-N Business services 2023* 911 965 796 1,406
Male Employees M Other specialised business services 2023* 383 400 358 629
Male Employees N Renting and other business support 2023* 528 565 438 777
Male Employees 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 108 116 95 163
Male Self-employed M-N Business services 2023* 174 245 160 358
Male Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2023* 133 183 117 268
Male Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2023* 41 62 43 90
Male Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 32 47 35 72
Female Total M-N Business services 2023* 990 1,185 654 1,166
Female Total M Other specialised business services 2023* 341 396 277 502
Female Total N Renting and other business support 2023* 649 788 377 664
Female Total 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 372 480 171 306
Female Employees M-N Business services 2023* 632 692 479 817
Female Employees M Other specialised business services 2023* 249 267 205 348
Female Employees N Renting and other business support 2023* 383 425 275 469
Female Employees 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 112 126 75 123
Female Self-employed M-N Business services 2023* 358 492 175 349
Female Self-employed M Other specialised business services 2023* 92 129 73 154
Female Self-employed N Renting and other business support 2023* 266 363 102 195
Female Self-employed 80-82 Security, other business services 2023* 260 354 97 183
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

Status of the figures:
Data from 1995 up to and including 2021 are final. Data of 2022 and further are provisional.

Changes as of June 24th 2024:
This is a new table.
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. This table contains revised data. For further information see section 3.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional data are published 6 months after the end of the reporting year. Final data are released 30 months after the end of the reporting year.

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.