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Part-time employment in Netherlands

42.7% of employed people aged 15 to 64 in Netherlands worked part-time in 2025.

Measure: Part-time employment Unit: % of total employment Data: 1983 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Netherlands, 2025 42.7% % of total employment
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 42.7%
European Union, 2025 17.7% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 9.8% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 1st of 34 See the full ranking

Part-time employment in Netherlands over time

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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Part-time employment (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period NetherlandsEuropean Union
2025 42.7% 17.7%
2024 42.7% 17.7%
2023 42.8% 17.7%
2022 42.6% 17.5%
2021 42.7%b (break in time series) 17.7%b (break in time series)
2020 50.8% 18.2%
2019 50.2% 18.3%
2018 50.1% 18.3%
2017 49.8% 18.5%
2016 49.7% 18.6%
2015 50.0% 18.7%
2014 49.6% 18.7%
2013 49.8%b (break in time series) 18.6%
2012 49.0% 18.1%
2011 48.3% 17.7%
2010 48.1% 17.4%
2009 47.0% 16.9%
2008 46.1% 16.4%
2007 45.7% 16.4%
2006 45.0%b (break in time series) 16.3%
2005 45.1%b (break in time series) 16.0%b (break in time series)
2004 45.2% 15.3%
2003 44.6% 14.6%
2002 43.4% 14.2%
2001 41.9% –

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • That is unchanged from 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 50.0%, the figure has changed by −7.3 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Netherlands has the highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 17.7%.

More for Netherlands

All statistics for Netherlands
Usual weekly working hours 31.5 hours per week 2025 · Eurostat Employment rate, ages 20 to 64 83.4% 2025 · Eurostat 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 of women, ages 20 to 64 79.6% 2025 · Eurostat

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
lfsa_eppga · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A age=Y15-64 unit=PC
Observation period
1983 to 2025 for Netherlands
Provider update
30 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat