Employment rates by citizenship

In 2024, Netherlands's employment rates by citizenship decreased by 0.3% compared to 2023, reaching 85.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 75.3%.

Netherlands ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.3% (from 82.2% in 2019).

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