The Netherlands’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 3.9% in August 2025, after holding steady at 3.8% for four consecutive months. This also marked the highest reading since March, as the number of unemployed individuals climbed by 13 thousand from a month earlier to 401 thousand, while employment fell by 1 thousand to 9.839 million. Meanwhile, the labor force participation rate edged up to 76.3% in August from 76.2% in the prior month. During the period, the number of unemployment benefits decreased by 0.2 thousand to 187.4 thousand. Compared to a year earlier, the jobless rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than the 3.7% recorded in August 2024.
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