Two Thirds Of All Dutch People Aged 15 to 74 Have Jobs

According to The Dutch Daily; The Netherlands has 12.7 million inhabitants aged 15 to 74. In this group, the number of employed has gone up by 12 thousand over the past three months. In August, 65.5 percent of all 15 to 74 year-olds worked in paid jobs, the equivalent of 8.3 million people: 4.5 million men and 3.8 million women. The number of working women has gone up in particular over the past twelve months.

Last month, a total of 604 thousand people were unemployed, 13 thousand fewer than three months earlier. There were slightly more unemployed men than unemployed women. The remaining 3.8 million people aged 15 to 74 do not participate in the labour force: they did not have jobs, but were not looking or not immediately available. Women form the majority among the non-participants, with 2.2 million.
The latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands show that unemployment in the Netherlands has declined faster over the past three months for people aged 25 to 44 than for those aged 45 and up. In August, a total of 604 thousand people were unemployed, 13 thousand fewer than three months previously. The figures for August were almost identical to July, indicating that 6.8 percent of the Dutch labour force was unemployed.