Unemployment further down

Seasonally adjusted unemployment in the Netherlands stood at 392 thousand in April, i.e. 3 thousand below the level in March.

Unemployment declined only among women. The number of unemployed men rose for the fourth month in a row.

The overall unemployment rate in the Dutch labour force was 5.0 percent. Unemployment among women (5.0 percent) was lower than among men (5.1 percent) for the first time since the beginning of the series in 2003.

Seasonally adjusted unemployment

More figures can be found in dossier Business cycle.