Netherlands Unemployment Rate 2003-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar

Dutch seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 3.9 percent in August 2018 from a near nine-and-a-half-year-low of 3.8 percent in the previous month. The number of unemployed increased by 5 thousand to 353 thousand while employment rose by 31 thousand to 8.81 million. Meantime, the labour force participation rate went up to 70.8 percent in August from 70.5 percent in July. Unemployment Rate in Netherlands averaged 5.39 percent from 2003 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 7.90 percent in February of 2014 and a record low of 3.60 percent in February of 2008.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-07-19	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	3.9%	3.9%	3.9%
2018-08-16	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	3.8%	3.9%	3.8%
2018-09-20	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	3.9%	3.8%	3.7%
2018-10-18	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate		3.9%	3.8%
2018-11-15	05:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			4%
2018-12-20	05:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			4%

Netherlands Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	3.90	3.80	7.90	3.60	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	8807.00	8776.00	8807.00	6851.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	353.00	348.00	699.00	310.00	Thousand	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.60	1.70	3.20	0.70	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	7.70	7.30	17.70	6.60	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	115.30	101.90	117.60	66.60	Index Points	[+]
Productivity	34.10	32.80	95.24	26.50	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	260.60	237.80	260.60	81.80	Thousand	[+]
Minimum Wages	1594.20	1578.00	1594.20	1064.20	EUR/Month	[+]
Wage Growth	2.09	2.09	4.71	0.44	percent	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	114.50	114.50	114.50	59.10	Index Points	[+]
Population	17.12	17.08	17.12	11.42	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	66.00	65.75	66.00	65.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	66.00	65.75	66.00	65.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	63.90	64.00	67.10	61.70	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	1450.00	1470.00	1470.00	1450.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1080.00	1070.00	1080.00	1030.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	2940.00	2830.00	2940.00	2810.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	4291.90	4225.60	4291.90	2816.80	Thousand	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1670.00	1590.00	1670.00	1590.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Employment Change	0.50	0.70	1.20	-0.90	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	77.00	76.20	77.60	63.50	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	4226.40	4207.70	4705.40	4016.00	Thousand	[+]

Netherlands Unemployment Rate

In Netherlands, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Netherlands Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Netherlands Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	3.90	3.80	7.90	3.60	2003 - 2018	percent	Monthly

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