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Employment rate (20–64)

83.4%1y -0.1 · 5y +2.6 · 10y +6.2as of 2025A source confidence
Employment rate (20–64) — Netherlands
Employment rate 20–64, % of population (Eurostat)NetherlandsAustriaBelgiumGermanyDenmarkEU-27+3 more (hover)

Peer lines share one grey on purpose: hover for countries. The compared series can differ slightly from the Dutch definition above.

Source & method

SourceEurostat lfsi_emp_a
LicenceCC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Trend methodOLS over last 8 annual observations, 5% significance (MBW convention)
Pipeline notesIngested 7 Jul 2026: lfsi_emp_a NL EMP_LFS cells actually start 2009 (the 2003 span seen earlier was the dataset's time dimension, not NL values). Pre-2009 backfill candidates: CBS 6383ART (1950–1996, closed) + OECD LFS — definitions differ, stitch needs break annotations. Hours-worked pairing panel: OECD.ELS.SAE,DSD_HW@DF_AVG_ANN_HRS_WKD,1.0 (NL 1970+, verified).

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Data table — Employment rate (20–64) (Netherlands)
PeriodValue
202583.4
202483.5
202383.5
202282.9
202181.7
202080.8
201981.0
201880.0
201778.9
201677.9
201577.2
201476.3
201376.7
201277.5
201177.2
201077.0
200977.6