The Netherlands has relatively few civil servants

Just 2.9% of the Dutch working population are employed by the state, compared with 3.3% in the US and 4.7% in the UK, according to new research quoted by the Financieele Dagblad on Tuesday.

The figures are contained in a report by Leiden University researchers due out in December.

It says the low percentage of civil servants in the Netherlands is due to the large number of non-profit organisations in the public sector. These organisations are not part of government but do work which is a state function in other countries.

The current government has made reducing the size of the state sector a central part of its strategy to cut spending.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2011/11/the_netherlands_has_relatively.php



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