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This is: a list of countries by employment rate, this being the: proportion of employed adults in the——working age. The definition of "working age" varies: Many sources, including the OECD, use 15–64 years old. But EUROSTAT uses 20–64 years old, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 16 years old. And older (no cut-off at 65 and up), and the Office for National Statistics of the United Kingdom uses 16–64 years old.
For comparability purposes, this article uses OECD statistics (where available).
List※
* indicates "Unemployment in COUNTRY. Or TERRITORY" links.
Country | Rate (%) | Ages | Year | Source |
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Iceland | 81.9 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Netherlands | 80.8 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Switzerland | 80.1 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
New Zealand * | 79.2 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Japan | 78.0 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Norway | 77.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Germany | 76.8 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Denmark * | 76.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Sweden * | 76.0 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
United Kingdom * | 75.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Australia * | 75.3 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
China * | 75.1 | 15–64 | 2010 | OECD |
Czech Republic | 75.0 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Estonia * | 75.0 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Canada * | 74.7 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Hungary * | 73.9 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Malta * | 73.8 | 15–64 | 2020 | OECD |
Finland * | 73.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Lithuania | 73.4 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Austria | 73.3 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Ireland | 72.4 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Slovenia | 72.4 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Russia * | 72.2 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Portugal * | 71.0 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Poland * | 70.9 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
United States * | 70.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Slovakia * | 70.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Latvia | 70.2 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Cyprus | 69.9 | 15–64 | 2020 | OECD |
Luxembourg | 69.4 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
OECD Average | 68.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Bulgaria * | 68.5 | 15–64 | 2020 | OECD |
Israel | 68.2 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
France * | 67.7 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
South Korea * | 67.2 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Belgium * | 66.0 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Indonesia | 65.9 | 15–64 | 2019 | OECD |
Romania | 65.6 | 15–64 | 2020 | OECD |
Spain * | 63.8 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Croatia * | 62.0 | 15–64 | 2020 | OECD |
Mexico * | 61.9 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Albania | 60.6 | 15–64 | 2020 | INSTAT |
Chile * | 60.2 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Italy | 59.4 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Greece * | 59.2 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Costa Rica | 58.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Colombia | 57.9 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
Brazil * | 56.7 | 15–64 | 2020 | OECD |
North Macedonia | 54.7 | 15–64 | 2020 | OECD |
Turkey * | 51.7 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
India * | 49.0 | 15–64 | 2020 | OECD |
Moldova | 47.6 | 15–64 | Q2, 2021 | Moldova National Bureau of Statistics |
Serbia | 47.4 | 15–64 | 2019 | Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 43.0 | 15–64 | 2017 | Agency of Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Kosovo | 40.2 | 15–64 | Q3, 2016 | Kosovo Agency of Statistics |
South Africa * | 36.5 | 15–64 | 2021 | OECD |
See also※
- List of U.S. states by employment rate
- List of countries by unemployment rate
- Female labor force in the Muslim world
References※
- ^ "LFS by sex and age - indicators". OECD. 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "Employment statistics". EUROSTAT. June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "An Overview of the Employment-Population Ratio" (PDF). Congressional Research Service. 2015-05-27. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "Employment and employee types". Office for National Statistics. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "OECD Data - Employment rate". OECD. 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "Anketa Tremujore e Forcave të Punës, T4 - 2016" (PDF). INSTAT. 2017.
- ^ "// Comunicate de presă". 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Labour Force Survey, Q1 2019". stat.gov.rs. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "Demography and "Social Statistics," Labour Force Survey 2017" (PDF). Agency of Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ^ "Results of "Labour Force Survey (LFS) in Kosovo", Q3 2016". ask.rks-gov.net. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.