Work & Labour in Netherlands 923 indicators covering work & labour for Netherlands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Cultural employment by NUTS 2 region 523.3 Thousand persons 2024 up 37.7% 10th Own-account workers, total 12.4% 2016 up 48.0% 136th LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 9.61 2024 down 31.5% 41st Time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 611.6 2024 up 4.1% 24th Time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 6.2 2024 down 13.1% 17th Discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 12.84 2024 down 85.9% 58th Labor market, S1 - Additional requirements for collective dismissal 0.8125 2014 up 0.2% 52nd Labor market, S1 - Firing costs 0.8912 2014 unchanged 9th Labor market, Overall 0.5737 2014 up 0.1% 72nd Labor market, S1 - Procedural inconvenience 0.4578 2014 unchanged 84th Labor market, S1 - Redress measures 0.4654 2014 unchanged 62nd Labor market, S1 - Valid grounds 0.5 2014 unchanged 82nd LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 6.08 2024 down 50.6% 63rd Potential labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 266.78 2024 down 46.3% 27th Employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 66.01 2025 up 10.1% 11th Labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 10,295 2025 up 15.3% 21st Real effective exchange rate (REER), Index (2010=100) Adjusted by 69.16 2025 down 20.7% 22nd Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 1,034 2024 down 17.7% 34th Persons outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 4,701 2025 down 4.9% 24th Female employment vs. public spending on family benefits 1.6% 2021 up 3.6% 31st Employment-to-population ratio for persons ages 25 to 54 85.52 2020 up 1.0% 18th Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 87.8 2020 down 0.1% 29th Unemployment rate for persons ages 25 to 54 2.6 2020 down 29.6% 59th Informal employment 424.51 2025 down 54.8% 49th Informal employment rate 5.05 2025 down 60.1% 62nd Employment outside the formal sector 382.72 2025 down 59.8% 49th Share of employment outside the formal sector 4.55 2025 down 64.5% 66th Unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 3.85 2025 down 44.0% 65th Unemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 396.12 2025 down 35.5% 27th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Employment 9.90 million Persons 2025 up 19.0% 17th Labour indicators levels - Regions — Unemployment 396,100 Persons 2025 down 35.5% 22nd Labour indicators levels - Regions — Labour force 10.30 million Persons 2025 up 15.3% 18th Youth time-related underemployment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 359.54 2024 up 77.0% 12th Youth time-related underemployment rate (previous ILO definition) 13.49 2024 up 35.2% 5th Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 0.32 2024 down 50.0% 69th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 90.03 2024 down 24.5% 37th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 4.14 2024 down 29.0% 68th Labour indicators rates - Regions — Employment to population ratio -8.5 Percentage points 2025 up 22.7% 14th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Employment to -8.5 Percentage points 2025 up 22.7% 14th SDG indicator 8.8.1: Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 1,034 2024 down 17.7% 30th SDG indicator 8.8.1: Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers 0.32 2024 down 50.0% 78th Labour indicators rates - Regions — Labour force participation rate -8.6 Percentage points 2025 up 23.9% 10th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Labour force -8.6 Percentage points 2025 up 23.9% 10th Labour indicators rates - Regions — Long-term unemployment rate 0.3 Percentage points 2025 down 62.5% 14th Labour statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Long-term 0.3 Percentage points 2025 down 62.5% 14th Youth discouraged jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1.87 2024 down 91.7% 67th Share of workers in informal employment: men vs. women 2.0% 2024 down 15.0% 67th Share of male workers in informal employment 2.0% 2024 down 15.0% 67th Share of workers in informal employment 2.6% 2024 down 9.9% 64th Share of female workers in informal employment 3.3% 2024 down 7.8% 60th Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 2.6% 2024 down 9.9% 64th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization (previous ILO) 11.91 2024 down 35.9% 41st Labour indicators by urban-rural territorial typology — Population 3.30 million Persons 2026 up 7.3% 19th Workers in the reference group 7,055 2015 down 14.5% 22nd Ageing healthcare workforce - Regions — Active physicians 3.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 up 18.1% 22nd Average weekly hours actually worked of employed persons ages 25 to 54 29.8 2020 down 1.8% 65th Part-time employment - Regions 4.28 million Persons 2025 up 1.3% 5th Employer business demography by NACE Rev. 2 and NUTS 3 region 311,095 2020 up 8.1% 8th LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force for 5.07 2020 down 18.1% 50th Employer business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region 313,390 2019 up 8.9% 7th ← Previous Page 6 of 16 Next →