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 older workers | |||||||||
| % of population aged 55-64 | |||||||||
2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
Australia | 46.8 | 48.5 | 50.3 | 51.7 | 53.5 | 55.5 | 56.6 | 57.4 | |
Austria | 28.2 | 29.2 | 30.3 | 28.8 | 31.8 | 35.5 | 38.6 | 41.0 | |
Belgium | 25.2 | 25.8 | 28.1 | 30.1 | 32.1 | 30.4 | 33.8 | 32.8 | |
Canada | 48.2 | 50.1 | 53.0 | 53.9 | 54.8 | 55.6 | 57.1 | 57.5 | |
Czech Republic | 37.1 | 40.8 | 42.3 | 42.6 | 44.6 | 45.2 | 46.0 | 47.6 | |
Denmark | 56.5 | 57.3 | 60.7 | 61.8 | 59.8 | 60.9 | 58.7 | 57.7 | |
Finland | 45.9 | 47.8 | 49.9 | 51.0 | 52.6 | 54.5 | 55.0 | 56.4 | |
France | 36.5 | 39.3 | 37.0 | 37.6 | 38.7 | 38.1 | 38.3 | 38.2 | |
Germany | 37.9 | 38.6 | 39.0 | 41.8 | 45.5 | 48.1 | 51.3 | 53.8 | |
Greece | 38.0 | 38.9 | 41.0 | 39.4 | 41.6 | 42.4 | 42.1 | 42.9 | |
Hungary | 23.5 | 25.6 | 29.0 | 31.1 | 33.0 | 33.6 | 33.1 | 31.4 | |
Iceland | 85.6 | 87.2 | 83.3 | 82.0 | 84.8 | 84.9 | 84.9 | 83.3 | |
Ireland | 46.6 | 47.9 | 49.2 | 49.5 | 51.7 | 53.4 | 54.1 | 53.9 | |
Italy | 28.0 | 28.9 | 30.3 | 30.5 | 31.4 | 32.5 | 33.8 | 34.4 | |
Japan | 62.0 | 61.6 | 62.1 | 63.0 | 63.9 | 64.7 | 66.1 | 66.3 | |
Korea | 58.3 | 59.5 | 57.8 | 58.5 | 58.7 | 59.3 | 60.6 | 60.6 | |
Luxembourg | 24.8 | 27.9 | 30.3 | 30.4 | 31.7 | 33.2 | 33.4 | 38.3 | |
Mexico | 51.1 | 52.2 | 52.9 | 53.8 | 52.6 | 55.0 | 54.7 | 47.1 | |
Netherlands | 38.2 | 42.0 | 42.9 | 43.3 | 44.0 | 45.6 | 48.3 | 50.7 | |
New Zealand | 60.7 | 63.4 | 64.3 | 67.2 | 69.7 | 70.4 | 72.0 | 71.9 | |
Norway | 67.4 | 68.4 | 68.6 | 68.0 | 67.6 | 67.4 | 69.0 | 69.3 | |
Poland | 29.0 | 27.9 | 28.6 | 28.0 | 29.1 | 28.1 | 29.7 | 31.6 | |
Portugal | 50.0 | 50.9 | 51.1 | 50.3 | 50.5 | 50.1 | 50.9 | 50.8 | |
Slovak Republic | 22.3 | 22.9 | 24.6 | 26.8 | 30.4 | 33.2 | 35.7 | 39.3 | |
Spain | 39.2 | 39.7 | 40.8 | 41.3 | 43.1 | 44.1 | 44.6 | 45.6 | |
Sweden | 67.0 | 68.4 | 69.0 | 69.5 | 69.6 | 69.8 | 70.1 | 70.3 | |
Switzerland | 67.3 | 64.6 | 65.7 | 65.2 | 65.1 | 65.7 | 67.2 | 68.4 | |
Turkey | 35.9 | 35.3 | 32.7 | 33.1 | 30.8 | 30.1 | 27.1 | 27.4 | |
United Kingdom | 52.1 | 53.1 | 55.4 | 56.2 | 56.7 | 57.4 | 57.4 | 58.2 | |
United States | 58.6 | 59.5 | 59.9 | 59.9 | 60.8 | 61.8 | 61.8 | 62.1 | |
OECD-Total | 48.4 | 49.4 | 50.0 | 50.8 | 51.9 | 52.8 | 53.5 | 53.6 | |
| Last updated: 27 August 2009 | |||||||||
| Source: Labour market statistics: Labour force statistics by sex and age: indicators, OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics (database) | |||||||||