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 | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 1,625 | 1,846 | 1,210 | 1,924 |
| Total male and female | Total | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 975 | 1,115 | 684 | 1,060 |
| Total male and female | Employees | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 1,370 | 1,468 | 1,026 | 1,544 |
| Total male and female | Employees | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 815 | 875 | 581 | 853 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 255 | 378 | 184 | 381 |
| Total male and female | Self-employed | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 161 | 240 | 104 | 207 |
| Male | Total | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 300 | 363 | 251 | 422 |
| Male | Total | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 154 | 193 | 118 | 195 |
| Male | Employees | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 216 | 233 | 190 | 296 |
| Male | Employees | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 101 | 110 | 85 | 128 |
| Male | Self-employed | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 83 | 130 | 61 | 126 |
| Male | Self-employed | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 53 | 83 | 33 | 67 |
| Female | Total | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 1,326 | 1,483 | 960 | 1,502 |
| Female | Total | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 821 | 922 | 566 | 865 |
| Female | Employees | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 1,154 | 1,236 | 836 | 1,248 |
| Female | Employees | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 714 | 765 | 496 | 725 |
| Female | Self-employed | Q Health and social work activities | 2023* | 172 | 248 | 123 | 254 |
| Female | Self-employed | 87-88 Care and social work | 2023* | 107 | 156 | 70 | 140 |
| Source: CBS. | |||||||
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.