Employment — national citizens

In 2004, Netherlands's employment decreased by 0.7% compared to 2003, reaching 7,672k.

Netherlands accounts for 5.3% of the EU-27 total of 145,525k.

Netherlands ranks 6th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.9% (from 7,312k in 1999).

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