Work & Labour in Netherlands 923 indicators covering work & labour for Netherlands. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 6.31 2020 up 37.1% 41st Annual working hours per person employed 1,437 Hours 2016 up 0.4% 34th Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 80.8% 2011 up 4.3% 3rd Employment expectations indicators - monthly data 102.3 Index 2026 down 0.5% 19th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate (current ILO definition) 3.85 2025 down 44.0% 54th Unemployment rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 3.85 2025 down 44.0% 54th Unemployment rate 3.88 2025 down 43.4% 46th Unemployment 339 2025 down 37.8% 27th Youth labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,711 2025 up 8.2% 22nd Youth labour force participation rate (previous ILO definition) 54.43 2025 down 0.7% 23rd Youth outside the labour force (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,433 2025 up 9.9% 23rd Youth employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 1,607 2025 up 11.0% 21st Youth employment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 51.12 2025 up 1.9% 14th Working-age population 14,851 2025 up 8.9% 18th Youth unemployment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 6.09 2025 down 28.5% 48th Youth unemployment-to-population ratio (previous ILO definition) 3.31 2025 down 29.0% 47th Labour force participation rate 58.88 2025 up 0.8% 36th Labour force 8,745 2025 up 9.8% 17th Persons outside the labour force 6,106 2025 up 7.7% 17th Employment-to-population ratio 56.6 2025 up 4.0% 29th SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate 3.88 2025 down 43.4% 46th Population and employment - national accounts - quarterly data 18,135 Thousand persons 2026 up 6.2% 11th Agricultural labour input statistics - absolute figures 154.52 Thousand annual working units (AWU) 2025 up 3.9% 18th Agricultural labour input statistics - indices 96.21 Index, 2020=100 2025 up 3.9% 15th SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of 8.04 2025 down 15.4% 56th Unemployment by sex and age - monthly data 394 Thousand persons 2026 down 30.4% 16th LU4: Composite rate of labour underutilization for persons ages 25 to 8.77 2020 up 23.0% 36th Unemployment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 396.12 2025 down 35.5% 26th Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 66.01 2025 up 10.1% 6th Employment (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 9,899 2025 up 19.0% 18th Persons outside the labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 4,701 2025 down 4.9% 23rd Labour force participation rate (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 68.65 2025 up 6.6% 6th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 3.59 million Thousand hours worked 2026 up 4.9% 9th Labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 10,295 2025 up 15.3% 19th Days not worked per 1000 workers due to strikes and lockouts 15 2008 up 1,400.0% 21st Labour productivity and unit labour costs - quarterly data 108.72 Index, 2020=100 2026 up 4.1% 20th Gini index of monthly earnings of employees 0.316 2025 down 10.0% 28th Median monthly earnings of employees 5,092 2025 up 45.6% 16th Main agricultural labour force by age and sex of the farm manager 164,620 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 up 0.6% 7th Agricultural labour force by size of the farm and NUTS 2 region 164,620 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 up 0.6% 7th Agricultural labour force by legal entity, work status and sex of 164,620 Annual working unit (AWU) 2023 up 0.6% 7th Population and employment - national accounts - annual data 18,089 Thousand persons 2025 up 6.8% 11th Trade union density rate 15.39 2019 down 19.7% 49th NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training 3.91 2025 down 7.3% 65th Labour productivity and unit labour costs by industry 32.6 Euro 2025 up 44.2% 4th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training 84.86 2025 down 1.8% 33rd Agricultural family labour force by age, sex of farm manager and NUTS 27.55 billion Euro 2023 up 34.4% 3rd Labour productivity and unit labour costs - annual data 64,605 Euro 2025 up 42.4% 8th Employment by main industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts - annual 14.86 million Thousand hours worked 2025 up 17.7% 10th Average hourly labour cost per employee - Discontinued 47.9 2025 up 44.3% 23rd LU3: Combined rate of unemployment and potential labour force 6.46 2025 down 45.0% 45th SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized 3 2025 unchanged 1st Existence of a national strategy for youth employment 3 score 2025 unchanged 1st LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment 4.62 2023 down 44.4% 43rd Time-related underemployment 16.75 2023 down 92.1% 33rd Time-related underemployment rate 0.202 2023 down 93.0% 46th Employment by detailed industry (NACE Rev.2) - national accounts 14.86 million Thousand hours worked 2025 up 17.7% 9th Potential labour force (current ILO definition - ICLS19) 266.78 2024 down 46.3% 16th Labour force by educational attainment level 10,229 Thousand persons 2025 up 14.8% 10th Employed persons by professional status 9,833 Thousand persons 2025 up 18.6% 10th ← Previous Page 7 of 16 Next →