Unemployment stood at 392 thousand in February 2025.

Employed, unemployed and not included in labour force according to international definition by sex and age

Unemployment stood at 386 thousand in January 2025.

Werkzame, werkloze en niet beroepsbevolking volgens internationale definitie naar geslacht en leeftijd

In 2024, 3.7 percent of the labour force aged 15 to 74 years was unemployed

Labour force, unemployment rate, labour participation Sex, age, level of education High Value Dataset - Statistiek

Employed and not employed, want to work, reasons to not want to work Sex, age, level of education

Unemployment stood at 373 thousand in December 2024

In November 2024, there were 372 thousand unemployed persons in the Netherlands, the same as the last three months, and 3.7 percent of the labour force.

A total of 9.8 million people aged 15 to 74 were in paid employment in October 2024.

Beroepsbevolking, werkloosheidspercentage, arbeidsparticipatie Geslacht, leeftijd, onderwijsniveau, Caribisch Nederland

In September 2024, there were 377 thousand unemployed persons.

A total of 9.8 million people were in paid employment in August 2024.

A total of 370 thousand people aged 15 to 74 years were unemployed in July 2024.

In June 2024, 370 thousand people aged 15 to 74 years were unemployed.

Over the past three months, the number of unemployed persons has declined by an average of 4 thousand per month.

Over the past three months, the number of unemployed people has risen by an average of 2 thousand per month.

The increase in labour force participation, which continued almost uninterrupted in the last six months of 2023, came to a halt early this year.

In 2023, 7 percent of the Netherlands' 2.2 million young people aged 15 to 24 had never been in paid work

Over the past three months, the number of unemployed has continued to rise by an average of 7 thousand per month.

In January, 368 thousand people were unemployed. That amounts to 3.6 percent of the total labour force

Last year, the unemployment rate hardly changed.

In November, unemployment fell slightly, to 3.5 percent of the labour force; 357 thousand people were unemployed. Unemployment declined by 2 thousand a month on average during the preceding three...

In October, unemployment fell to 3.6 percent of the labour force. In September, it stood at 3.7 percent in September, which means that the slight increase in unemployment over the past six months did...

From July through September, unemployment rose by an average of 6 thousand per month.