In 2021, 43.6 percent of employees in the Netherlands had taken sick leave in the previous year. Healthcare employees had the highest absence rate, at over 50 percent. By comparison, of the employees in the agriculture sector, just over 30 percent had taken sick days in the past 12 months.
Share of people who have taken sick leave in the past 12 months in the Netherlands in 2021, by industry
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TNO, & Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid, & Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (April 20, 2022). Share of people who have taken sick leave in the past 12 months in the Netherlands in 2021, by industry [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1058705/share-of-people-taking-sick-leave-in-the-netherlands-by-industry/
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