Work on weekends by professional status and occupation in Netherlands
Netherlands: Work on weekends by professional status and occupation was 16.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Work on weekends by professional status and occupation in Netherlands, 2006–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
In 2025, work on weekends by professional status and occupation in Netherlands stood at 16.2%. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 48.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, work on weekends by professional status and occupation in Netherlands peaked at 32.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 16.2%, in 2025.
Netherlands ranks 25th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Work on weekends by professional status and occupation in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 31.3% | — |
| 2007 | 31.1% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 30.8% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 31.8% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 29.7% | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 29.6% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 30.1% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 31.4% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 31.1% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 31.3% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 31.7% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 32.0% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 31.5% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 30.7% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 29.6% | -3.6% |
| 2021 | 18.0% | -39.2% |
| 2023 | 16.8% | -6.7% |
| 2025 | 16.2% | -3.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Work on weekends by professional status and occupation in Netherlands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -39.2% | 29.6% | 18.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.2% | 30.8% | 31.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 29.6% | 32.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.1% | 16.2% | 29.6% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is work on weekends by professional status and occupation in Netherlands?
- Work on weekends by professional status and occupation in Netherlands was 16.2% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest work on weekends by professional status and occupation recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 32.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest work on weekends by professional status and occupation recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.2% in 2025.
- How does Netherlands rank for work on weekends by professional status and occupation?
- Netherlands ranks 25th out of 44 countries with data for 2025.
- Is work on weekends by professional status and occupation rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of Work on weekends by professional status and occupation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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