Netherlands in Numbers
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Employment & hours by sector (incl. government, health, education)

1,156k FTE1y +26 · 5y +147 · 10y +180as of 2025A source confidence
Government employment — NetherlandsNetherlandsAll employed persons (FTE)Self-employed (FTE)

Source & method

SourceCBS 85881ENG
LicenceCC BY 4.0 (CBS)
Trend methodOLS over last 8 annual observations, 5% significance (MBW convention)

Raw snapshot (JSON) · every observation keeps its retrieval timestamp and revision history in the public database.

Data table — Government employment (Netherlands)
PeriodValue
20251,156
20241,130
20231,100
20221,067
20211,036
20201,009
2019992
2018974
2017972
2016973
2015976
2014983
2013989
20121,001
20111,018
20101,043
20091,030
20081,016
2007999
2006996
20051,002
20041,021
20031,039
20021,020
2001999
2000977
1999965
1998953
1997929
1996922
1995926