Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) in Netherlands
Netherlands: Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) was 66.01 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) in Netherlands, 2014–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 66.01 for employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19) in Netherlands peaked at 66.17 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59.59, in 2014.
That places Netherlands 6th out of 71 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 59.59 | — |
| 2015 | 59.96 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 60.23 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 60.94 | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 61.8 | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 62.61 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 62.06 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 64.17 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 65.5 | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 66.15 | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 66.17 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 66.01 | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60.85 | 59.59 | 62.61 | 6 |
| 2020s | 65.01 | 62.06 | 66.17 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More work & labour data for Netherlands
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 5,256 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 66.71 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 10,535 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 4.03 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 0.834 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 130,584 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 94,797 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 64.03 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 1.4 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 0.1112 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19) in Netherlands?
- Employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19) in Netherlands was 66.01 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19) recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 66.17 in 2024.
- What is the lowest employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19) recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.59 in 2014.
- How does Netherlands rank for employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19)?
- Netherlands ranks 6th out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is employment-to-population ratio (current ilo definition - icls19) rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employment-to-population ratio (current ILO definition - ICLS19) (15+). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series includes only countries for which the 19th ICLS definitions are applied. The employment-to-population ratio is the number of persons who are employed as a percent of the total of working-age population. Persons in employment are defined as all those of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit. They comprise employed persons who worked in a job for at least one hour and employed persons not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. For more information, refer to the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database description.