Netherlands: monthly labor force 2023

This statistic displays monthly number of individuals participating in labor in the Netherlands from January 2003 to September 2023, in thousands. As of September 2023, roughly 10.11 million individuals in the Netherlands were part of the labor force.

Monthly number of individuals in the labor force in the Netherlands from January 2003 to September 2023 (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Labor force	Seasonally adjusted labor force
Sep 23	10,107	10,102
Aug 23	10,133	10,106
Jul 23	10,113	10,089
Jun 23	10,107	10,081
May 23	10,084	10,080
Apr 23	10,040	10,068
Mar 23	10,047	10,066
Feb 23	10,042	10,057
Jan 23	10,026	10,059
Dec 22	10,025	10,049
Nov 22	10,021	10,013
Oct 22	9,988	9,970
Sep 22	9,949	9,944
Aug 22	9,944	9,920
Jul 22	9,921	9,899
Jun 22	9,911	9,882
May 22	9,877	9,873
Apr 22	9,823	9,844
Mar 22	9,801	9,817
Feb 22	9,754	9,766
Jan 22	9,741	9,768
Dec 21	9,723	9,749
Nov 21	9,742	9,735
Oct 21	9,739	9,718
Sep 21	9,706	9,704
Aug 21	9,706	9,684
Jul 21	9,677	9,657
Jun 21	9,679	9,650
May 21	9,600	9,597
Apr 21	9,576	9,598
Mar 21	9,584	9,604
Feb 21	9,627	9,638
Jan 21	9,589	9,613
Dec 20	9,591	9,619
Nov 20	9,630	9,624
Oct 20	9,636	9,621
Sep 20	9,591	9,591
Aug 20	9,620	9,607
Jul 20	9,614	9,596
Jun 20	9,595	9,575
May 20	9,482	9,474
Apr 20	9,457	9,475
Mar 20	9,571	9,581
Feb 20	9,591	9,606
Jan 20	9,591	9,615
Dec 19	9,576	9,603
Nov 19	9,603	9,593
Oct 19	9,600	9,592
Sep 19	9,574	9,571
Aug 19	9,571	9,553
Jul 19	9,558	9,541
Jun 19	9,554	9,539
May 19	9,522	9,512
Apr 19	9,482	9,498
Mar 19	9,491	9,497
Feb 19	9,479	9,490
Jan 19	9,470	9,493
Dec 18	9,444	9,470
Nov 18	9,472	9,463
Oct 18	9,453	9,444
Sep 18	9,446	9,443
Aug 18	9,451	9,434
Jul 18	9,419	9,398
Jun 18	9,402	9,391
May 18	9,382	9,372
Apr 18	9,340	9,353
Mar 18	9,341	9,343
Feb 18	9,320	9,328
Jan 18	9,308	9,332
Dec 17	9,293	9,320
Nov 17	9,328	9,321
Oct 17	9,319	9,309
Sep 17	9,324	9,319
Aug 17	9,316	9,307
Jul 17	9,322	9,302
Jun 17	9,291	9,283
May 17	9,284	9,276
Apr 17	9,258	9,268
Mar 17	9,263	9,267
Feb 17	9,246	9,251
Jan 17	9,237	9,264
Dec 16	9,218	9,243
Nov 16	9,245	9,239
Oct 16	9,254	9,239
Sep 16	9,236	9,231
Aug 16	9,239	9,227
Jul 16	9,245	9,228
Jun 16	9,221	9,215
May 16	9,218	9,210
Apr 16	9,209	9,218
Mar 16	9,177	9,186
Feb 16	9,181	9,180
Jan 16	9,142	9,167
Dec 15	9,147	9,174
Nov 15	9,183	9,172
Oct 15	9,204	9,191
Sep 15	9,185	9,181
Aug 15	9,193	9,182
Jul 15	9,194	9,175
Jun 15	9,192	9,186
May 15	9,199	9,187
Apr 15	9,168	9,185
Mar 15	9,170	9,178
Feb 15	9,179	9,184
Jan 15	9,168	9,195
Dec 14	9,150	9,174
Nov 14	9,187	9,171
Oct 14	9,176	9,164
Sep 14	9,134	9,128
Aug 14	9,141	9,128
Jul 14	9,147	9,122
Jun 14	9,127	9,117
May 14	9,150	9,136
Apr 14	9,113	9,129
Mar 14	9,119	9,127
Feb 14	9,164	9,166
Jan 14	9,130	9,166
Dec 13	9,147	9,170
Nov 13	9,216	9,205
Oct 13	9,222	9,222
Sep 13	9,212	9,208
Aug 13	9,202	9,195
Jul 13	9,208	9,190
Jun 13	9,201	9,189
May 13	9,186	9,179
Apr 13	9,160	9,180
Mar 13	9,186	9,185
Feb 13	9,170	9,168
Jan 13	9,131	9,164
Dec 12	9,150	9,168
Nov 12	9,169	9,155
Oct 12	9,157	9,159
Sep 12	9,157	9,152
Aug 12	9,144	9,135
Jul 12	9,131	9,107
Jun 12	9,118	9,102
May 12	9,107	9,103
Apr 12	9,077	9,095
Mar 12	9,075	9,075
Feb 12	9,075	9,075
Jan 12	9,051	9,082
Dec 11	9,064	9,084
Nov 11	9,083	9,071
Oct 11	9,042	9,044
Sep 11	9,017	9,016
Aug 11	8,978	8,968
Jul 11	8,976	8,949
Jun 11	8,972	8,949
May 11	8,941	8,930
Apr 11	8,920	8,935
Mar 11	8,939	8,937
Feb 11	8,975	8,972
Jan 11	8,943	8,971
Dec 10	8,975	8,997
Nov 10	9,006	8,997
Oct 10	8,985	8,990
Sep 10	8,975	8,985
Aug 10	8,993	8,989
Jul 10	9,017	8,997
Jun 10	9,005	8,983
May 10	9,000	8,993
Apr 10	8,966	8,980
Mar 10	8,975	8,964
Feb 10	8,983	8,981
Jan 10	8,969	8,996
Dec 09	8,975	8,995
Nov 09	8,993	8,987
Oct 09	8,988	8,994
Sep 09	8,999	9,008
Aug 09	9,013	9,007
Jul 09	9,026	9,016
Jun 09	9,045	9,019
May 09	9,033	9,032
Apr 09	9,018	9,040
Mar 09	9,058	9,048
Feb 09	9,053	9,047
Jan 09	8,999	9,029
Dec 08	8,978	9,004
Nov 08	9,003	8,995
Oct 08	8,985	8,983
Sep 08	8,959	8,968
Aug 08	8,969	8,961
Jul 08	8,967	8,957
Jun 08	8,987	8,957
May 08	8,948	8,948
Apr 08	8,922	8,944
Mar 08	8,924	8,906
Feb 08	8,902	8,897
Jan 08	8,851	8,882
Dec 07	8,829	8,851
Nov 07	8,855	8,844
Oct 07	8,850	8,849
Sep 07	8,832	8,839
Aug 07	8,837	8,829
Jul 07	8,816	8,808
Jun 07	8,833	8,804
May 07	8,770	8,768
Apr 07	8,740	8,773
Mar 07	8,776	8,757
Feb 07	8,744	8,737
Jan 07	8,683	8,718
Dec 06	8,685	8,706
Nov 06	8,709	8,687
Oct 06	8,670	8,660
Sep 06	8,635	8,638
Aug 06	8,637	8,619
Jul 06	8,629	8,611
Jun 06	8,630	8,609
May 06	8,600	8,590
Apr 06	8,575	8,605
Mar 06	8,619	8,604
Feb 06	8,606	8,605
Jan 06	8,574	8,614
Dec 05	8,586	8,616
Nov 05	8,620	8,609
Oct 05	8,607	8,610
Sep 05	8,586	8,601
Aug 05	8,601	8,576
Jul 05	8,588	8,571
Jun 05	8,597	8,586
May 05	8,604	8,584
Apr 05	8,548	8,579
Mar 05	8,569	8,557
Feb 05	8,556	8,542
Jan 05	8,496	8,528
Dec 04	8,502	8,531
Nov 04	8,536	8,515
Oct 04	8,513	8,511
Sep 04	8,473	8,493
Aug 04	8,523	8,495
Jul 04	8,536	8,516
Jun 04	8,518	8,507
May 04	8,531	8,515
Apr 04	8,464	8,505
Mar 04	8,484	8,481
Feb 04	8,493	8,479
Jan 04	8,446	8,475
Dec 03	8,435	8,461
Nov 03	8,495	8,467
Oct 03	8,462	8,469
Sep 03	8,449	8,458
Aug 03	8,504	8,471
Jul 03	8,465	8,463
Jun 03	8,473	8,451
May 03	8,460	8,458
Apr 03	8,386	8,447
Mar 03	8,449	8,440
Feb 03	8,450	8,444
Jan 03	8,389	8,439