Employment rate in Utrecht
The employment rate in Utrecht was 85.4% of people aged 20 to 64 in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2019. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Utrecht, 2025
85.4%
Change from 2024
+0.1percentage points
Netherlands, 2025
83.4%
Position in 2025
6th of 289
Employment rate in Utrecht over time
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% of people aged 20 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Utrecht | Netherlands |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85.4% | 83.4% |
| 2024 | 85.3% | 83.5% |
| 2023 | 85.1% | 83.5% |
| 2022 | 85.1% | 82.9% |
| 2021 | 84.0%b (break in time series) | 81.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 82.6% | 80.0% |
| 2019 | 82.6% | 80.1% |
| 2018 | – | 79.2% |
| 2017 | – | 78.0% |
| 2016 | – | 77.1% |
| 2015 | – | 76.4% |
| 2014 | – | 75.4% |
| 2013 | – | 75.9%b (break in time series) |
| 2012 | – | 76.6% |
| 2011 | – | 76.4% |
| 2010 | – | 76.2% |
| 2009 | – | 76.8% |
| 2008 | – | 76.9% |
| 2007 | – | 75.5% |
| 2006 | – | 73.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2005 | – | 72.7%b (break in time series) |
| 2004 | – | 74.9% |
| 2003 | – | 75.3% |
| 2002 | – | 75.8% |
| 2001 | – | 75.3% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 85.3% in 2024.
- Since 2019, when it was 82.6%, the figure has changed by +2.8 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 289 regions with data for 2025, Utrecht has the 6th highest value.
- The figure for Netherlands in 2025 was 83.4%.