Employment — national citizens

In 2023, Netherlands's employment increased by 1.1% compared to 2022, reaching 8,809k.

Netherlands accounts for 4.9% of the EU-27 total of 180,763k.

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 9.5% (from 8,048k in 2018).

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