Netherlands's vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) was 13.42% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.14 percentage points from 12.29% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 13.42% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 12.94% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 12.29% | 2015 |
| Highest | 13.48% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 8.49% | 2003 |
| Average since 2016 | 12.75% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 8.94% | 1991 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Netherlands' vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) fell 0.05 percentage points on 2024 (from 13.48% to 13.42%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.13 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.32 percentage points in 2005 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.67 percentage points in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Netherlands had the 131st highest value of the 182 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 13.42% | 2025 |
| World | 42.38% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 12.87% | 2025 |
| High income | 8.05% | 2025 |
Closest to Netherlands in the 2025 ranking
- Montenegro — 128th of 182: 14.28%
- New Caledonia — 129th of 182: 14.16%
- Czechia — 130th of 182: 13.5%
- Romania — 132nd of 182: 13.05%
- New Zealand — 133rd of 182: 12.57%
- North Macedonia — 134th of 182: 12.34%
What this measures
Vulnerable employment is contributing family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.
Limitations: Data are drawn from labor force surveys and household surveys, supplemented by official estimates and censuses for a small group of countries. Due to differences in definitions and coverage across countries, there are limitations for comparing data across countries and over time even within a country. Estimates of women in employment are not comparable internationally, reflecting that demographic, social, legal, and cultural trends and norms determine whether women's activities are regarded as economic.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 35 values
| Year | Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.42 |
| 2024 | 13.48 |
| 2023 | 13.46 |
| 2022 | 13.39 |
| 2021 | 12.76 |
| 2020 | 12.94 |
| 2019 | 11.86 |
| 2018 | 12.02 |
| 2017 | 12.02 |
| 2016 | 12.21 |
| 2015 |
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in nearby economies
- Albania — 46.03% (2025)
- Armenia — 32.85% (2025)
- Austria — 7.85% (2025)
- Azerbaijan — 53.84% (2025)
- Belarus — 6.33% (2025)
- Belgium — 11.04% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 18.11% (2025)
- Bulgaria — 6.92% (2025)
More social protection & labor data for Netherlands
- Net migration — 104,681 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asylum — 283,935 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (national estimate) — 83.35% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (national estimate) — 83.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (national estimate) — 83.32% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (national estimate) — 64.38% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) (national estimate) — 88.19% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Netherlands's vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)?
- 13.42% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1991?
- It is up 4.48 percentage points from 8.94% in 1991. The highest value was 13.48% in 2024 and the lowest 8.49% in 2003.
- How does Netherlands rank?
- 131st highest of 182 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) unusual for Netherlands?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.EMP.VULN.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: estimates based on external database; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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