Roughly 3.7 million people in the Netherlands did some or all of their work on their main job at home in 2020, an increase compared to 2019. Telecommuting as a term does not exist in the Netherlands. Instead, the term more often referred to is thuiswerkers(which roughly translates to "home office workers" in English). Employees made up roughly 2.7 million of the 3.7 million telecommuters.
Number of telecommuting workers in the Netherlands from 2013 to 2020
(in 1,000s)
Characteristic
Employee
Self-employed person
2020
2,731
943
2019
2,591
909
2018
2,375
878
2017
2,268
881
2016
2,191
832
2015
2,152
826
2014
2,082
807
2013
2,032
816
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