{"version":"1","article":{"id":"netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity","slug":"netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity?lang=en","title":"Dutch commercial-sector labour productivity rose 2.5% in 2025, provisional CBS data show","summary":"Higher value added and fewer hours worked lifted the preliminary measure, with trade and manufacturing making the largest contributions.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-08T01:26:48+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-08T01:26:48+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2025-12-31","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Statistics Netherlands (CBS)","url":"https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2026/41/labour-productivity-in-the-commercial-sector-rises-by-2-5-percent","publishedAt":"2026-10-07","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"dutch-commercial-labour-productivity-2025","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Ticari sektör verimlilik göstergeleri","en":"Commercial-sector productivity indicators","ar":"مؤشرات الإنتاجية في القطاع التجاري","fr":"Indicateurs de productivité du secteur marchand","es":"Indicadores de productividad del sector comercial"},"description":{"tr":"CBS’nin 2025 için yayımladığı geçici yıllık değişimler.","en":"Provisional annual changes for 2025 published by CBS.","ar":"تغيرات سنوية أولية لعام 2025 نشرها CBS.","fr":"Variations annuelles provisoires pour 2025 publiées par CBS.","es":"Variaciones anuales provisionales de 2025 publicadas por CBS."},"methodology":{"tr":"Kaynak değerler ticari sektör toplamı için yıllık değişimlerdir; üretkenlik katma değer/saat olarak tanımlanır. 2025 verileri geçicidir. Saat verimlilik bölmesine girer; katkıların sektörlerin kendi büyüme oranları olmadığına dikkat edilmelidir.","en":"Source values are annual changes for the commercial-sector aggregate; productivity is defined as value added per hour. 2025 figures are provisional. Hours enter the productivity denominator; sector contributions are not each sector's own growth rates.","ar":"القيم تغيرات سنوية لإجمالي القطاع التجاري؛ وتُعرّف الإنتاجية بأنها القيمة المضافة لكل ساعة. أرقام 2025 أولية. تدخل الساعات في مقام الإنتاجية، ومساهمات القطاعات ليست معدلات نموها الخاصة.","fr":"Les valeurs sont des variations annuelles de l’ensemble du secteur marchand ; la productivité correspond à la valeur ajoutée par heure. Les données 2025 sont provisoires. Les contributions sectorielles ne sont pas les taux de croissance propres des branches.","es":"Los valores son variaciones anuales del agregado comercial; productividad significa valor añadido por hora. Los datos de 2025 son provisionales. Las contribuciones sectoriales no son las tasas propias de crecimiento de cada rama."},"sourceUrls":["https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2026/41/labour-productivity-in-the-commercial-sector-rises-by-2-5-percent"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-08T00:45:34+03:00","items":[{"label":{"tr":"Ticari sektör emek verimliliği yıllık değişimi","en":"Commercial-sector labour productivity, annual change","ar":"التغير السنوي في إنتاجية العمل بالقطاع التجاري","fr":"Variation annuelle de la productivité du travail du secteur marchand","es":"Variación anual de la productividad laboral del sector comercial"},"value":2.5,"unit":"percent","period":"2025","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"netherlands-commercial-labour-productivity-annual-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"netherlands","frequency":"annual","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Ticari sektör brüt katma değerindeki yıllık değişim","en":"Commercial-sector gross value added, annual change","ar":"التغير السنوي في القيمة المضافة الإجمالية للقطاع التجاري","fr":"Variation annuelle de la valeur ajoutée brute du secteur marchand","es":"Variación anual del valor añadido bruto del sector comercial"},"value":1.7,"unit":"percent","period":"2025","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"netherlands-commercial-gross-value-added-annual-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"netherlands","frequency":"annual","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Ticari sektörde toplam çalışılan saat değişimi","en":"Commercial-sector total hours worked, annual change","ar":"التغير السنوي في مجموع ساعات العمل بالقطاع التجاري","fr":"Variation annuelle du total des heures travaillées du secteur marchand","es":"Variación anual del total de horas trabajadas del sector comercial"},"value":-0.8,"unit":"percent","period":"2025","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"netherlands-commercial-hours-worked-annual-change","unitCode":"percent","geography":"netherlands","frequency":"annual","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Ticari sektörde yapısal verimlilik etkisi","en":"Commercial-sector structural productivity effect","ar":"الأثر الهيكلي في إنتاجية القطاع التجاري","fr":"Effet structurel sur la productivité du secteur marchand","es":"Efecto estructural sobre la productividad del sector comercial"},"value":0.1,"unit":"percent","period":"2025","basis":"estimate","measure":{"id":"netherlands-commercial-productivity-structural-effect","unitCode":"percent","geography":"netherlands","frequency":"annual","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"dutch-commercial-labour-productivity-2025","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"dutch-commercial-labour-productivity-2025","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity/data/dutch-commercial-labour-productivity-2025?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/netherlands-2025-commercial-labour-productivity/data/dutch-commercial-labour-productivity-2025?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Provisional accounts published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on 7 October show labour productivity in the commercial sector rose 2.5% in 2025 from a year earlier. CBS defines productivity as value added per hour worked. In the same calculation, gross value added across the commercial sector increased 1.7%, while total hours worked fell 0.8%. Together, those movements raised output measured per hour. The result is not a final annual statistic: CBS explicitly marks the 2025 figures as provisional.","The measure should not be read simply as output per employee or as growth in total production. When hours worked decline while value added rises, the productivity ratio increases. The 2.5% figure therefore does not show that every worker produced 2.5% more, or that every firm improved costs and profits by the same amount. Sector composition, measurement of hours and later revisions to national accounts can all affect the result. CBS reported a 0.4% decline in 2024 and a 2.0% decline in 2023, placing the 2025 increase after two years of contraction.","In CBS’s decomposition, trade contributed 1.00 percentage point to productivity growth and manufacturing 0.74 points; human health and social work followed at 0.35 points. Transport and storage, and financial services, each added 0.23 points. These contributions are not the sectors’ own output-growth rates. They measure each sector’s contribution to the commercial sector’s overall productivity change. Energy supply and information and communication each made a negative 0.15-point contribution, the largest negative entries. That should not be recast as proof that production in either sector fell.","A separate structural effect tracks how working hours are distributed across sectors. CBS said hours grew relatively faster in sectors with higher productivity, including energy supply and information and communication, leaving this structural effect slightly positive at 0.1%. This does not mean total hours increased: they fell 0.8%. The first effect captures productivity changes within sectors; the structural effect captures shifts in each sector’s share of hours. Keeping the two concepts separate helps explain how the annual total was formed.","CBS also discusses capital use, workforce skills and multifactor productivity as another way of analysing the result. Those categories include using more machinery or equipment per hour, changes in workforce composition, and other influences such as scale economies or technological progress. The provisional release reports sector contributions but does not establish that the 2025 headline increase was caused by artificial intelligence, automation or a particular investment. Final revisions and fuller sector accounts may change the interpretation. The 2.5% figure is a provisional measured aggregate for 2025, not a forecast or a productivity target."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"Higher value added and fewer hours worked lifted the preliminary measure, with trade and manufacturing making the largest contributions.\n\nProvisional accounts published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on 7 October show labour productivity in the commercial sector rose 2.5% in 2025 from a year earlier. CBS defines productivity as value added per hour worked. In the same calculation, gross value added across the commercial sector increased 1.7%, while total hours worked fell 0.8%. Together, those movements raised output measured per hour. The result is not a final annual statistic: CBS explicitly marks the 2025 figures as provisional.\n\nThe measure should not be read simply as output per employee or as growth in total production. When hours worked decline while value added rises, the productivity ratio increases. The 2.5% figure therefore does not show that every worker produced 2.5% more, or that every firm improved costs and profits by the same amount. Sector composition, measurement of hours and later revisions to national accounts can all affect the result. CBS reported a 0.4% decline in 2024 and a 2.0% decline in 2023, placing the 2025 increase after two years of contraction.\n\nIn CBS’s decomposition, trade contributed 1.00 percentage point to productivity growth and manufacturing 0.74 points; human health and social work followed at 0.35 points. Transport and storage, and financial services, each added 0.23 points. These contributions are not the sectors’ own output-growth rates. They measure each sector’s contribution to the commercial sector’s overall productivity change. Energy supply and information and communication each made a negative 0.15-point contribution, the largest negative entries. That should not be recast as proof that production in either sector fell.\n\nA separate structural effect tracks how working hours are distributed across sectors. CBS said hours grew relatively faster in sectors with higher productivity, including energy supply and information and communication, leaving this structural effect slightly positive at 0.1%. This does not mean total hours increased: they fell 0.8%. The first effect captures productivity changes within sectors; the structural effect captures shifts in each sector’s share of hours. Keeping the two concepts separate helps explain how the annual total was formed.\n\nCBS also discusses capital use, workforce skills and multifactor productivity as another way of analysing the result. Those categories include using more machinery or equipment per hour, changes in workforce composition, and other influences such as scale economies or technological progress. The provisional release reports sector contributions but does not establish that the 2025 headline increase was caused by artificial intelligence, automation or a particular investment. Final revisions and fuller sector accounts may change the interpretation. The 2.5% figure is a provisional measured aggregate for 2025, not a forecast or a productivity target.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}