91 open vacancies for every 100 unemployed people
The Netherlands, Q3 2026. 376,000 open vacancies and 415,000 unemployed people.
Open vacancies in the Netherlands
At the end of each quarter, all sectors.
Each occupation has a page for the Netherlands and one per province and big city.
| Region | Hiring | Vacancies per 100 unemployed | Unemployment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overijssel | Much harder than average | 114 | 3.2% |
| Zeeland | Much harder than average | 111 | 3.3% |
| North Brabant | Much harder than average | 107 | 3.6% |
| Drenthe | Harder than average | 103 | 3.2% |
| Utrecht (province) | Harder than average | 101 | 4.2% |
| Limburg | About average | 95 | 3.7% |
| Gelderland | About average | 93 | 3.7% |
| Friesland | Easier than average | 85 | 3.6% |
| North Holland | Easier than average | 84 | 4.7% |
| South Holland | Easier than average | 79 | 4.5% |
| Groningen | Much easier than average | 72 | 4.6% |
| Flevoland | Much easier than average | 68 | 4.3% |
Figures from CBS (Statistics Netherlands) StatLine, published under CC BY 4.0, refreshed when CBS publishes:
The verdict compares the region's open vacancies per 100 unemployed people with the Dutch figure for the same quarter. CBS publishes vacancies per province, so a city uses its province. The estimate for a region spreads the national number of people in the occupation like the region's workforce in its occupation class. Figures CBS does not publish, because too few people were surveyed, are left out.
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