EU
Netherlands
~39%
Work in exposed occupations
~3.82 m · estimate · 2025
4.0%
Unemployment
±0.0 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
8.8%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
4.1%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
83.4%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
33%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.77
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
9.83 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
NetherlandsEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Netherlands
- 40Not exposed
- 21Minimal
- 5Low
- 14Medium
- 14High
- 6Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
+2.0%
Change 2025→2035
2.74 m
Total expected openings
2025–2035
2.53 m
Replacement demand
+206 k
Expansion
- Agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers+46.9%
- Information and communications technicians+38.5%
- Health professionals+33.3%
- Numerical and material recording clerks+31.7%
- Food preparation assistants+28.4%
- Legal, social, cultural and related associate professionals+27.8%
- Cleaners and helpers−30.8%
- Other clerical support workers−35.7%
- Metal, machinery and related trades workers−42.5%
- Chief executives, senior officials and legislators−51.1%
- Hospitality, retail and other services managers−51.5%
- General and keyboard clerks−78.3%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
19%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
30%
of skills will change
global: 39%
95%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.