Netherlands: health care sector employees 2007-2021

This statistic displays the number of people employed in the health care sector in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021 (in thousands). The data shows that the number of people employed in this sector in the Netherlands between 2007 and 2020 increased from roughly 494 thousand to approximately 632 thousand people.

Number of people employed in the health care sector in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2021 (in thousands)

Characteristic	Number of people (in thousands)
2021	632
2020	612
2019	597
2018	587
2017	570
2016	560
2015	557
2014	558
2013	554
2012	552
2011	546
2010	526
2009	515
2008	508
2007	494

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Release date

July 2022

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2007 to 2021

Supplementary notes

The source adds: "persons employed in a Netherlands-based company or a private household in the Netherlands, with main activities in health care."

According to the source, this sector includes:
"- treatment in general and specialised hospitals;
- mental health and addiction care, possibly in combination with overnight admission;
- treatment at medical and paramedical practices;
- support activities for health care, e.g. laboratories and ambulance services;"

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