Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children in Netherlands
Netherlands: Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children was 14.8 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and in Netherlands, 2006–2025
Source: Eurostat.
Analysis
Netherlands recorded 14.8 for percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and in 2025.
That represents a change of up 21.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and in Netherlands peaked at 14.9 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 8.9, in 2006.
That places Netherlands 2nd out of 37 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 8.9 | — |
| 2007 | 9.6 | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 9.2 | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 9.8 | +6.5% |
| 2010 | 9.3 | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 10.2 | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 10.9 | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 12.2 | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 12.3 | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 12.2 | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 11.8 | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 11.5 | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 11.5 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 10.9 | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 10.2 | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 14.8 | +45.1% |
| 2022 | 14.9 | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 14.8 | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 14.8 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 14.8 | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children in Netherlands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +45.1% | 10.2 | 14.8 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.38 | 8.9 | 9.8 | 4 |
| 2010s | 11.28 | 9.3 | 12.3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.05 | 10.2 | 14.9 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and in Netherlands?
- Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and in Netherlands was 14.8 in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 14.9 in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.9 in 2006.
- How does Netherlands rank for percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and?
- Netherlands ranks 2nd out of 37 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Percentage of adults having a second job by number of children and age of the youngest child. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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