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In the period February through April 2019, the number of people aged 15 to 74 in paid employment grew by 11 thousand per month on average. There were 8.9 million people in work in April. Unemployment declined by an average of 10 thousand per month to 300 thousand. These are people who did not have paid work, and who indicated they had recently looked and had been immediately available for work. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this on the basis of new figures. At the end of April, the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) recorded 257 thousand current unemployment (WW) benefits.
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There were 4.1 million people who did not have paid work for a variety of reasons. In addition to the unemployed mentioned earlier, 3.8 million people had not looked or/nor been immediately available for work recently. These people are not counted towards the labour force. Their number increased by 7 thousand per month on average over the previous three months.
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Unemployment indicator
In order to enable comparison of cyclical movements in the labour market between countries, the unemployment indicator of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is often taken as a measure. According to this indicator, the ‘unemployed’ includes all 15 to 74-year-olds who do not have paid work but who have been looking for paid work recently and who are immediately available. There were 300 thousand unemployed in April, equivalent to 3.3 percent of the labour force. This was 3.5 percent at the end of 2018, less than the lowest pre-crisis level on record for the first time.
Show datatableUnemployment (ILO indicator, seasonally adjusted) and unemployment benefits (x 1,000)Hide datatableUnemployment (ILO indicator, seasonally adjusted) and unemployment benefits (x 1,000)
Year | Month | Unemployment indicator (ILO) (15 to 74 yrs, seasonally adjusted) | WW benefits (15 yrs to pension entitlement age) |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | January | 430 | 284 |
February | 425 | 280 | |
March | 413 | 270 | |
April | 411 | 261 | |
May | 414 | 256 | |
June | 409 | 252 | |
July | 425 | 254 | |
August | 427 | 256 | |
September | 442 | 252 | |
October | 458 | 253 | |
November | 474 | 258 | |
December | 473 | 270 | |
2012 | January | 486 | 292 |
February | 482 | 299 | |
March | 487 | 296 | |
April | 502 | 292 | |
May | 501 | 291 | |
June | 502 | 291 | |
July | 518 | 298 | |
August | 517 | 304 | |
September | 530 | 304 | |
October | 539 | 310 | |
November | 554 | 322 | |
December | 572 | 340 | |
2013 | January | 589 | 369 |
February | 601 | 377 | |
March | 619 | 380 | |
April | 625 | 380 | |
May | 632 | 378 | |
June | 648 | 382 | |
July | 666 | 395 | |
August | 670 | 399 | |
September | 675 | 400 | |
October | 680 | 408 | |
November | 677 | 419 | |
December | 687 | 438 | |
2014 | January | 691 | 460 |
February | 699 | 460 | |
March | 692 | 454 | |
April | 684 | 443 | |
May | 672 | 436 | |
June | 656 | 431 | |
July | 648 | 437 | |
August | 637 | 430 | |
September | 630 | 420 | |
October | 632 | 419 | |
November | 635 | 425 | |
December | 643 | 441 | |
2015 | January | 645 | 458 |
February | 633 | 455 | |
March | 626 | 443 | |
April | 625 | 427 | |
May | 617 | 416 | |
June | 611 | 410 | |
July | 603 | 420 | |
August | 604 | 420 | |
September | 609 | 417 | |
October | 616 | 421 | |
November | 596 | 427 | |
December | 588 | 446 | |
2016 | January | 574 | 465 |
February | 581 | 469 | |
March | 574 | 470 | |
April | 572 | 461 | |
May | 560 | 448 | |
June | 550 | 438 | |
July | 541 | 432 | |
August | 521 | 427 | |
September | 510 | 424 | |
October | 502 | 420 | |
November | 499 | 410 | |
December | 482 | 412 | |
2017 | January | 480 | 419 |
February | 473 | 416 | |
March | 463 | 415 | |
April | 456 | 401 | |
May | 456 | 386 | |
June | 446 | 372 | |
July | 436 | 364 | |
August | 426 | 362 | |
September | 422 | 351 | |
October | 404 | 343 | |
November | 397 | 337 | |
December | 395 | 330 | |
2018 | January | 380 | 335 |
February | 367 | 330 | |
March | 357 | 327 | |
April | 355 | 314 | |
May | 352 | 301 | |
June | 354 | 288 | |
July | 348 | 279 | |
August | 353 | 278 | |
September | 343 | 274 | |
October | 337 | 269 | |
November | 326 | 267 | |
December | 329 | 263 | |
2019 | January | 329 | 279 |
February | 312 | 274 | |
March | 307 | 268 | |
April | 300 | 257 |
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