Overview
- CBS reports 410,000 people unemployed in December and a jobless rate steady at 4.0%, which remains below the EU’s 6.0% in November.
- The increase concentrated among 15–25-year-olds, with unemployment for young women reaching 9.1% and rates also rising among men aged 25–75.
- UWV recorded 191,500 ongoing WW benefits at the end of December, a 1.4% monthly decline but a 9.5% rise compared with a year earlier.
- Regional trends diverged: Flevoland’s WW claims rose 9% to 5,269, led by commercial services and metal, while Groningen saw a slight year-on-year decline of about 1%.
- Labour-market flows show churn, with 152,000 moving from unemployment to work, 121,000 losing jobs, 136,000 starting to look for work, and 104,000 leaving the labour force.