Employment to population ratios
‌‌
Total
% of working age population
Women
% of female population (15-64)
Older workers
% of population aged 55-64
2000
2011
2012
2000
2011
2012
2000
2011
2012
Australia
69.3
 
72.7
 
72.3
 
61.4
 
66.7
 
66.6
 
46.2
 
61.1
 
61.4
 
Austria
68.3
 
72.1
 
72.5
 
59.4
 
66.5
 
67.3
 
28.3
 
41.5
 
43.1
 
Belgium
60.9
 
61.9
 
61.8
 
51.9
 
56.7
 
56.8
 
25.0
 
38.7
 
39.5
 
Canada
70.9
 
72.0
 
72.2
 
65.6
 
68.9
 
69.2
 
48.1
 
58.7
 
59.8
 
Chile
53.3
 
61.3
 
61.8
 
35.1
 
49.1
 
50.2
 
47.5
 
59.7
 
62.7
 
Czech Republic
65.2
 
65.7
 
66.5
 
56.9
 
57.2
 
58.2
 
36.3
 
47.6
 
49.4
 
Denmark
76.4
 
73.1
 
72.6
 
72.1
 
70.4
 
70.0
 
54.6
 
59.5
 
60.8
 
Estonia
61.0
 
65.2
 
67.2
 
57.0
 
62.7
 
64.6
 
44.0
 
57.1
 
60.5
 
Finland
67.5
 
69.2
 
69.5
 
64.5
 
67.5
 
68.2
 
42.3
 
57.0
 
58.2
 
France
61.7
 
63.9
 
63.9
 
54.8
 
59.7
 
60.0
 
29.3
 
41.5
 
44.5
 
Germany
65.6
 
72.6
 
72.8
 
58.1
 
67.7
 
68.0
 
37.6
 
59.9
 
61.5
 
Greece
55.9
 
55.6
 
51.3
 
41.3
 
45.1
 
41.9
 
39.0
 
39.4
 
36.4
 
Hungary
56.0
 
55.8
 
57.2
 
49.6
 
50.6
 
52.1
 
21.9
 
35.8
 
36.9
 
Iceland
84.6
 
79.0
 
80.2
 
81.0
 
77.3
 
78.5
 
84.2
 
79.5
 
79.2
 
Ireland
65.1
 
59.2
 
58.8
 
53.7
 
55.6
 
55.2
 
45.3
 
50.8
 
49.5
 
Israel
56.1
 
60.9
 
66.5
 
50.9
 
57.5
 
62.4
 
46.6
 
61.2
 
63.1
 
Italy
53.9
 
57.8
 
57.6
 
39.6
 
47.2
 
47.8
 
27.7
 
37.9
 
40.4
 
Japan
68.9
 
70.3
 
70.6
 
56.7
 
60.3
 
60.7
 
62.8
 
65.1
 
65.4
 
Korea
61.5
 
63.9
 
64.2
 
50.0
 
53.1
 
53.5
 
57.8
 
62.1
 
63.1
 
Luxembourg
62.7
 
64.6
 
65.8
 
50.0
 
56.9
 
59.0
 
27.2
 
39.3
 
41.0
 
Mexico
60.1
 
59.8
 
61.3
 
39.6
 
43.4
 
45.3
 
51.7
 
53.4
 
55.6
 
Netherlands
72.1
 
74.9
 
75.1
 
62.7
 
69.9
 
70.4
 
37.6
 
56.1
 
58.6
 
New Zealand
70.4
 
72.6
 
72.2
 
63.2
 
67.2
 
67.0
 
56.9
 
73.7
 
73.9
 
Norway
77.9
 
75.3
 
75.8
 
74.0
 
73.4
 
73.8
 
67.1
 
69.6
 
70.9
 
Poland
55.0
 
59.3
 
59.7
 
48.9
 
52.7
 
53.1
 
28.4
 
36.9
 
38.7
 
Portugal
68.3
 
64.2
 
61.8
 
60.5
 
60.4
 
58.7
 
50.7
 
47.9
 
46.5
 
Slovak Republic
56.8
 
59.5
 
59.7
 
51.5
 
52.7
 
52.7
 
21.3
 
41.4
 
43.1
 
Slovenia
..
 
64.4
 
64.1
 
..
 
60.9
 
60.5
 
..
 
31.2
 
32.9
 
Spain
57.4
 
58.5
 
56.2
 
42.0
 
52.8
 
51.3
 
37.0
 
44.5
 
43.9
 
Sweden
74.3
 
73.6
 
73.8
 
72.2
 
71.3
 
71.8
 
65.1
 
72.2
 
73.1
 
Switzerland
78.4
 
79.3
 
79.4
 
69.4
 
73.3
 
73.6
 
63.3
 
69.5
 
70.5
 
Turkey
48.9
 
48.4
 
48.9
 
26.2
 
27.8
 
28.7
 
36.4
 
31.4
 
31.9
 
United Kingdom
72.2
 
70.4
 
70.9
 
65.6
 
65.3
 
65.7
 
50.4
 
56.8
 
58.1
 
United States
74.1
 
66.6
 
67.1
 
67.8
 
62.0
 
62.2
 
57.8
 
60.0
 
60.7
 
OECD-Total
65.4
 
64.8
 
65.1
 
55.0
 
56.8
 
57.2
 
47.6
 
54.4
 
55.6
 
Last updated: 16 July 2013; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer
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Note: Next update: June 2014. OECD weighted average.
Source: OECD Employment Outlook, for most of the above indicators. For further details, see:sources, definitions and related studies.