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Netherlands: Jobless Households

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Netherlands

Latest value

· 2025

7.80% of people aged 0 to 64

EU 7.05 · +0.8 pp vs Europe

European ranking

13 / 30

Down 2 positions compared with previous year

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

18.0M

Country population · 2025

What this indicator measures

Measures people aged 0 to 64 living in households where working-age members worked 20% or less of their combined potential working time during the previous year. Eurostat excludes specified groups such as certain students and retired people from the work-intensity calculation.

Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.

Data source: Eurostat Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years) ilc_lvhl21n

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Regional map

· 2025 · 12 regions

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Internal regions

Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

  1. 1

    Groningen

    +29.49

    10.10

  2. 2

    Noord-Holland

    +23.08

    9.60

  3. 3

    Zuid-Holland Zuid

    +12.82

    8.80

  4. 4

    Zuid-Holland Centraal

    +11.54

    8.70

  5. 5

    Drenthe

    +8.97

    8.50

  6. 5

    Limburg (NL)

    +8.97

    8.50

  7. 7

    Overijssel

    +1.28

    7.90

  8. 8

    Noord-Brabant

    -19.23

    6.30

  9. 9

    Gelderland

    -21.79

    6.10

  10. 10

    Friesland (NL)

    -35.90

    5.00

  11. 11

    Flevoland

    -47.44

    4.10

  12. 12

    Zeeland

    -64.10

    2.80

More context on this indicator

At a glance

Netherlands performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons living in households with very low work intensity (0 to 64 years), although the difference is relatively small. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths. Regional evidence also shows internal variation.

European comparison in Netherlands

In Netherlands, Low work intensity is close to the European benchmark, although slightly worse: 7.8% versus 7.1% in 2025, a gap of 0.8 percentage points.

Recent trend

In the Netherlands, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 8.70% in 2020 to 7.80% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 8.00% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.

Regional differences in Netherlands

In Netherlands, Low work intensity shows noticeable regional variation. Across 12 comparable regions, Groningen records the highest value (10.1%) and Zeeland the lowest (2.8%), a gap of 7.3 percentage points.

Reading within the topic

In Netherlands, Employment & Economic Security shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. No material recent change is detected among related indicators.