Netherlands, Unemployment rate 2025: 3.9 %
Unemployment rate in Netherlands was 3.9 % in 2025. That is +0.2 % against 2024. Source: Eurostat une_rt_a, published 2026-09-10.
Questions and answers
- What is the latest figure for Unemployment rate in Netherlands?
- 3.9 % (2025), according to Eurostat.
- How does Netherlands rank in Europe?
- Rank 24 of 30 European countries with data for 2025, from highest to lowest.
- How has it changed since 2024?
- From 3.7 % to 3.9 %, a change of +0.2 %.
What the number means
How large a share of the labour force is looking for work.
Earlier periods
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.9 % |
| 2024 | 3.7 % |
| 2023 | 3.6 % |
| 2022 | 3.5 % |
| 2021 | 4.2 % |
| 2020 | 4.9 % |
| 2019 | 4.4 % |
| 2018 | 4.9 % |
| 2017 | 5.9 % |
| 2016 | 7.0 % |
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Open the table at Eurostat
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EU rules behind this number
- AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Annex III, point 4): AI used for hiring, promotion or dismissal is high-risk under the AI Act. Duties, exemptions and fines
- GDPR, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (Art. 88): Member states may set their own rules for employee data.
Other series for this region
- Gross domestic product per inhabitant
- Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
- Consumer price change, annual average
- Nights spent at tourist accommodation
- Population on 1 January
- Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
- Government debt, share of GDP
- Government surplus or deficit, share of GDP
- Hourly labour cost
- House price change, annual
- Unemployment rate, monthly
- Inflation, monthly
- House price change, quarterly
Same series, other regions
- Spain
- Finland
- Greece
- Sweden
- France
- Estonia
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Luxembourg
- Denmark
- Belgium
- Italy
- Romania
- European Union
- Portugal
- Austria
- Slovakia
- Switzerland
- Croatia
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Norway
- Cyprus
- Hungary
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