Employment in services in Netherlands
84.5% of employed people in Netherlands worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Netherlands, 2025
84.5%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
European Union, 2025
72.9%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
72.7%
Position in 2025
7th of 182
Employment in services in Netherlands over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 84.5% | 72.9% |
| 2024 | 84.2% | 72.5% |
| 2023 | 83.9% | 72.1% |
| 2022 | 83.9% | 71.6% |
| 2021 | 83.8% | 71.3% |
| 2020 | 82.3% | 71.1% |
| 2019 | 82.1% | 71.0% |
| 2018 | 81.9% | 70.9% |
| 2017 | 81.2% | 70.7% |
| 2016 | 81.7% | 70.7% |
| 2015 | 81.3% | 70.4% |
| 2014 | 81.7% | 70.1% |
| 2013 | 81.1% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | 79.9% | 69.3% |
| 2011 | 80.4% | 69.0% |
| 2010 | 79.5% | 68.4% |
| 2009 | 78.7% | 67.8% |
| 2008 | 78.0% | 66.6% |
| 2007 | 77.0% | 65.7% |
| 2006 | 76.2% | 65.4% |
| 2005 | 75.3% | 65.0% |
| 2004 | 76.6% | 64.5% |
| 2003 | 77.0% | 63.8% |
| 2002 | 76.1% | 63.2% |
| 2001 | 75.3% | 62.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 84.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 81.3%, the figure has changed by +3.2 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the 7th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 72.9%.
More for Netherlands
All statistics for Netherlands
Employment in agriculture
1.7%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
13.8%
2025 · World Bank
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
3.9%
2025 · Eurostat
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
8.8%
2025 · Eurostat
Long-term unemployment rate
0.5%
2025 · Eurostat
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
83.4%
2025 · Eurostat