Employment — national citizens

In 2025, Netherlands's employment decreased by 0.1% compared to 2024, reaching 8,790k.

Netherlands accounts for 4.8% of the EU-27 total of 181,552k.

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 7.8% (from 8,150k in 2020).

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