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Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by willingness to work - quarterly data
Eurostatvia Eurostat · updated 11 September 2026
What's in it
Gegevens van 1998-Q1 tot 2026-Q2. 676.026 waarden. In de map Population and social conditions › Labour market › Employment and unemployment (Labour force survey) › Labour force survey (LFS) series - detailed quarterly data › Persons outside the labour force.
Latest figures for the Netherlands
Fetched live from Eurostat, updated 11 September 2026: 171 values, the first 12 below.
| Sex | Age class | Labour force and employment status | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | From 15 to 19 years | Total | 180.5 |
| Total | From 15 to 19 years | Persons not seeking employment but would like to work | 89.2 |
| Total | From 15 to 19 years | Persons not seeking employment and do not want to work | 91.4 |
| Total | From 15 to 24 years | Total | 314.4 |
| Total | From 15 to 24 years | Persons not seeking employment but would like to work | 160.9 |
| Total | From 15 to 24 years | Persons not seeking employment and do not want to work | 153.6 |
| Total | From 15 to 29 years | Total | 408.9 |
| Total | From 15 to 29 years | Persons not seeking employment but would like to work | 215.2 |
| Total | From 15 to 29 years | Persons not seeking employment and do not want to work | 193.7 |
| Total | From 15 to 39 years | Total | 624 |
| Total | From 15 to 39 years | Persons not seeking employment but would like to work | 353.6 |
| Total | From 15 to 39 years | Persons not seeking employment and do not want to work | 270.4 |
Dimensions
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Files and services
Fetch it yourself
Eurostat JSON-stat, only the Netherlands and the latest period. Drop geo=NL and lastTimePeriod for everything.
curl "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/lfsq_igaww?lang=en&lastTimePeriod=1&geo=NL"
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