Unemployment rate in the Netherlands 2003-2022

In 2022, the unemployment rate in the Netherlands was around 3.5 percent. Unemployment peaked in 2014. At the height of the financial crisis, the annual unemployment rate in the country reached 8.3 percent. After 2014, unemployment decreased again year on year. In 2021, over 408 thousand Dutch were unemployed.  Unemployment forecasts   According to a recent forecast, the unemployment rate in the country is expected rise again in the future. In 2020, the northern province of Groningen was forecast to have the highest unemployment rate, at 4.5 percent. On the other side of the spectrum, in Zeeland the unemployment rate was predicted to be just three percent that year. Long-term and short-term unemployment   The majority of the unemployed in the Netherlands are looking for a new job for less than a year. At least one percent of the population between 2010 and 2017, however, was long-term unemployed. In 2017, just over 160 thousand people had been unemployed for 12 months or more. Long-term unemployment peaked in 2015, at nearly 260 thousand.

于2022年，荷兰的失业率约为3.5%。失业率在2014年达到峰值。在金融危机的高潮时期，该国的年度失业率上升至8.3%。自2014年起，失业率逐年下降。至2021年，超过40.8万荷兰人处于失业状态。

失业率预测

根据最新的预测，预计未来该国失业率将再次上升。在2020年，北部省份格罗宁根的失业率预计将达到4.5%，为最高。而另一方面，在泽兰省，该年的失业率预测仅为3%。

长期与短期失业

荷兰的大多数失业者在寻找新工作的过程中，持续时间不超过一年。然而，在2010年至2017年间，至少有1%的人口处于长期失业状态。至2017年，超过16.0万人失业时间已满12个月或更久。长期失业在2015年达到峰值，接近26万人。