Employment and Labour Markets: Key Tables from OECD
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Employment and labour markets: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-2342 - © OECD 2009
| Employment rate | |||||||||
| % of working age population | |||||||||
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
Australia | 69.0 | 69.4 | 70.0 | 70.3 | 71.5 | 72.2 | 72.8 | 73.2 | |
Austria | 68.2 | 68.8 | 68.9 | 67.8 | 68.6 | 70.2 | 71.4 | 72.1 | |
Belgium | 59.7 | 59.7 | 59.3 | 60.5 | 61.0 | 60.4 | 61.6 | 62.0 | |
Canada | 70.8 | 71.4 | 72.2 | 72.5 | 72.5 | 72.9 | 73.6 | 73.7 | |
Czech Republic | 65.3 | 65.7 | 64.9 | 64.2 | 64.8 | 65.3 | 66.1 | 66.6 | |
Denmark | 75.9 | 76.4 | 75.1 | 76.0 | 75.5 | 76.9 | 77.3 | 78.4 | |
Finland | 68.3 | 68.3 | 67.9 | 67.8 | 68.5 | 69.6 | 70.5 | 71.9 | |
France | 62.0 | 62.2 | 63.3 | 63.1 | 63.2 | 63.3 | 64.0 | 64.6 | |
Germany | 65.8 | 65.3 | 64.6 | 65.0 | 65.5 | 67.2 | 69.0 | 70.2 | |
Greece | 55.6 | 57.7 | 58.9 | 59.6 | 60.3 | 61.0 | 61.5 | 62.2 | |
Hungary | 56.2 | 56.2 | 57.0 | 56.8 | 56.9 | 57.3 | 57.3 | 56.7 | |
Iceland | 84.6 | 82.8 | 84.1 | 82.8 | 84.4 | 85.3 | 85.7 | 84.2 | |
Ireland | 65.0 | 65.0 | 64.9 | 65.4 | 67.1 | 68.2 | 69.0 | 68.1 | |
Italy | 54.9 | 55.6 | 56.2 | 57.4 | 57.5 | 58.4 | 58.7 | 58.7 | |
Japan | 68.8 | 68.2 | 68.4 | 68.7 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 70.7 | 70.7 | |
Korea | 62.1 | 63.3 | 63.0 | 63.6 | 63.7 | 63.8 | 63.9 | 63.8 | |
Luxembourg | 63.0 | 63.6 | 62.2 | 62.5 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 63.6 | 64.4 | |
Mexico | 59.4 | 59.3 | 58.8 | 59.9 | 59.6 | 61.0 | 61.1 | 59.9 | |
Netherlands | 73.1 | 73.2 | 72.6 | 71.8 | 71.9 | 73.2 | 74.8 | 76.1 | |
New Zealand | 71.8 | 72.4 | 72.5 | 73.5 | 74.6 | 75.2 | 75.4 | 74.9 | |
Norway | 77.5 | 77.1 | 75.8 | 75.6 | 75.2 | 75.5 | 76.9 | 78.1 | |
Poland | 53.5 | 51.7 | 51.4 | 51.9 | 53.0 | 54.5 | 57.0 | 59.2 | |
Portugal | 68.6 | 68.1 | 67.1 | 67.8 | 67.5 | 67.9 | 67.8 | 68.2 | |
Slovak Republic | 56.9 | 56.9 | 57.7 | 57.0 | 57.7 | 59.4 | 60.7 | 62.3 | |
Spain | 58.8 | 59.5 | 60.7 | 62.0 | 64.3 | 65.7 | 66.6 | 65.3 | |
Sweden | 75.2 | 74.9 | 74.3 | 73.5 | 73.9 | 74.5 | 75.7 | 75.7 | |
Switzerland | 79.2 | 78.9 | 77.9 | 77.4 | 77.2 | 77.9 | 78.6 | 79.5 | |
Turkey | 47.8 | 46.7 | 45.5 | 46.1 | 45.9 | 45.9 | 44.6 | 44.9 | |
United Kingdom | 72.5 | 72.3 | 72.6 | 72.7 | 72.6 | 72.5 | 72.3 | 72.7 | |
United States | 73.1 | 71.9 | 71.2 | 71.2 | 71.5 | 72.0 | 71.8 | 70.9 | |
OECD-Total | 65.4 | 65.1 | 64.9 | 65.2 | 65.5 | 66.2 | 66.6 | 66.5 | |
| Last updated: 27 August 2009 | |||||||||
| Source: Labour market statistics: Labour force statistics by sex and age: indicators, OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics (database) | |||||||||