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