ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Netherlands (Kingdom of the): ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by was 74.17 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) stood at 74.17 %. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) peaked at 74.17 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.48 %, in 1992.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 12th of 79 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Netherlands (Kingdom of the), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 9.48 % | — |
| 1993 | 18.35 % | +93.6% |
| 1994 | 16.02 % | -12.7% |
| 1995 | 14.43 % | -9.9% |
| 1996 | 22.09 % | +53.1% |
| 1997 | 20.24 % | -8.4% |
| 1998 | 21.73 % | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 22.43 % | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 25.75 % | +14.8% |
| 2001 | 31.07 % | +20.7% |
| 2002 | 29.48 % | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 32.56 % | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 32.94 % | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 34.74 % | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 34.24 % | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 35.82 % | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 49.03 % | +36.9% |
| 2009 | 46.25 % | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 42.81 % | -7.4% |
| 2011 | 50.14 % | +17.1% |
| 2012 | 48.02 % | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 47.99 % | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 53.85 % | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 57.13 % | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 55.29 % | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 58.24 % | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 60.29 % | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 59.99 % | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 66.67 % | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 65 % | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 67.7 % | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 69.59 % | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 74.17 % | +6.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +93.6% | 9.48 % | 18.35 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.1 % | 9.48 % | 22.43 % | 8 |
| 2000s | 35.19 % | 25.75 % | 49.03 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.38 % | 42.81 % | 60.29 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.63 % | 65 % | 74.17 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
More economy & growth data for Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices -0.5188 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$ 4.42 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth Standard Local -0.5188 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth Standard Local Currency 4.31 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency 20.32 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP Standard Local Currency 19.76 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$, 2015 prices 20.32 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Share of GDP US$ 19.76 % (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value US$, 2015 prices 188,221 million USD (2024)
- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 169,643 million SLC (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by in Netherlands (Kingdom of the) was 74.17 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The highest recorded value was 74.17 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by recorded in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.48 % in 1992.
- How does Netherlands (Kingdom of the) rank for ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by?
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the) ranks 12th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is ilostat - labour force survey — labour force participation rate by rising or falling in Netherlands (Kingdom of the)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands (Kingdom of the) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Labour force participation rate by age, 55 to 64, rural areas — Female — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.