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Netherlands — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Netherlands, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
67.25%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +1.4% since 1990
Labor participation for Netherlands was 67.25% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 67.95% in 2001. The lowest was 66.13% in 2017 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.04% per year.
Netherlands ranks 43 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 23%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 60.12%, so Netherlands sits above it. It peaked in 2001 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
67.25%
First (1990)
66.34%
Change
+1.4%
Highest
67.95%
in 2001
Lowest
66.13%
in 2017
Average
66.96%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.04%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.25% |
| 2024 | 67.46% |
| 2023 | 67.72% |
| 2022 | 67.23% |
| 2021 | 66.53% |
| 2020 | 66.54% |
| 2019 | 66.71% |
| 2018 | 66.38% |
| 2017 | 66.13% |
| 2016 | 66.28% |
| 2015 | 66.47% |
| 2014 | 66.16% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.