Employment — national citizens

In 2021, Netherlands's employment increased by 4.0% compared to 2020, reaching 8,480k.

Netherlands accounts for 4.8% of the EU-27 total of 177,389k.

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 8.8% (from 7,797k in 2016).

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