The indicator shows trends in the total number of university personnel, by gender and by category (scientific and non-scientific personnel).
| Non-scientific personnel | Scientific personnel | |
| 1998 | 16846 | 16314 |
| 1999 | 16954 | 17024 |
| 2000 | 17231 | 17815 |
| 2001 | 17592 | 18457 |
| 2002 | 17672 | 19247 |
| 2003 | 17544 | 19707 |
| 2004 | 17312 | 19739 |
| 2005 | 16419 | 19610 |
| 2006 | 16452 | 20102 |
| 2007 | 16547 | 20639 |
| 2008 | 16800 | 21321 |
| 2009 | 17400 | 22190 |
| 2010 | 17536 | 22629 |
| 2011 | 17209 | 22929 |
| 2012 | 17041 | 23180 |
| 2013 | 17107 | 23469 |
| 2014 | 17208 | 23841 |
| 2015 | 17443 | 24214 |
| 2016 | 17770 | 24848 |
| 2017 | 18336 | 25481 |
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Source: Association of Dutch Universities VSNU - the WOPI database on university personnel
Notes: The data are obtained from the WOPI-file of the VSNU (the association of collaborating universities in the Netherlands) . The WOPI data (Information on scientific education personnel) is annually requested by the VSNU from the 14 universities, conform a standardised format and agreed definitions. The reference date for the WOPI-data is 31st December for each year. All personnel is included who have a permanent or temporary employment contract or contractual agreement for a fixed number of working hours at a university. Over time, the personnel of all the academic hospitals have moved from the medical faculty or university as employer towards the academic hospital or the university medical centre (UMC). The scientific (HOOP-)field Health sciences therefore shows an inconsistent pattern over time and is not included in the data and graphs. Student-assistents are excluded.
| Scientific: Man | Non-scientific: Man | Scientific: Woman | Non-scientific: Woman | |
| 1998 | 12677 | 9883 | 3637 | 6963 |
| 1999 | 13022 | 9740 | 4002 | 7214 |
| 2000 | 13420 | 9756 | 4395 | 7475 |
| 2001 | 13665 | 9895 | 4792 | 7697 |
| 2002 | 13992 | 9852 | 5255 | 7820 |
| 2003 | 14152 | 9676 | 5555 | 7868 |
| 2004 | 13961 | 9471 | 5779 | 7841 |
| 2005 | 13694 | 8760 | 5916 | 7659 |
| 2006 | 13838 | 8692 | 6264 | 7760 |
| 2007 | 14004 | 8561 | 6635 | 7986 |
| 2008 | 14182 | 8570 | 7139 | 8230 |
| 2009 | 14490 | 8753 | 7700 | 8647 |
| 2010 | 14579 | 8779 | 8049 | 8757 |
| 2011 | 14565 | 8532 | 8365 | 8677 |
| 2012 | 14607 | 8277 | 8573 | 8764 |
| 2013 | 14691 | 8141 | 8777 | 8965 |
| 2014 | 14838 | 8129 | 9003 | 9079 |
| 2015 | 14964 | 8161 | 9249 | 9281 |
| 2016 | 15224 | 8169 | 9624 | 9601 |
| 2017 | 15541 | 8352 | 9940 | 9984 |
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Source: Association of Dutch Universities VSNU - the WOPI database on university personnel
| Scientific: Man | Non-scientific: Man | Scientific: Woman | Non-scientific: Woman | |
| 1998 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 1999 | 103 | 99 | 110 | 104 |
| 2000 | 106 | 99 | 121 | 107 |
| 2001 | 108 | 100 | 132 | 111 |
| 2002 | 110 | 100 | 144 | 112 |
| 2003 | 112 | 98 | 153 | 113 |
| 2004 | 110 | 96 | 159 | 113 |
| 2005 | 108 | 89 | 163 | 110 |
| 2006 | 109 | 88 | 172 | 111 |
| 2007 | 110 | 87 | 182 | 115 |
| 2008 | 112 | 87 | 196 | 118 |
| 2009 | 114 | 89 | 212 | 124 |
| 2010 | 115 | 89 | 221 | 126 |
| 2011 | 115 | 86 | 230 | 125 |
| 2012 | 115 | 84 | 236 | 126 |
| 2013 | 116 | 82 | 241 | 129 |
| 2014 | 117 | 82 | 248 | 130 |
| 2015 | 118 | 83 | 254 | 133 |
| 2016 | 120 | 83 | 265 | 138 |
| 2017 | 123 | 85 | 273 | 143 |
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Source: Association of Dutch Universities VSNU - the WOPI database on university personnel
Analysis
The number of scientific personnel shows an increasing trend. The number of non-scientific personnel fluctuates between 1998 and 2015, but increases since 2011. Within the scientific personnel category, the number of women employed shows an increase which is much stronger than the increase in the number of men employed. Within the non-scientific personnel category, the number of men is declining, while the number of women increases.
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Scientific personnel
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