Employment — national citizens

In 2024, Netherlands's employment decreased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 8,802k.

Netherlands accounts for 4.9% of the EU-27 total of 181,350k.

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 8.0% (from 8,147k in 2019).

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