Employment — national citizens

In 2022, Netherlands's employment increased by 2.8% compared to 2021, reaching 8,717k.

Netherlands accounts for 4.8% of the EU-27 total of 180,106k.

Netherlands ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.1% (from 7,917k in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.