| Employment to population ratios | ||||||||||
Total % of working age population | Women % of female population (15-64) | Older workers % of population aged 55-64 | ||||||||
1998 | 2007 | 2008 | 1998 | 2007 | 2008 | 1998 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
Australia | 67.9 | 72.8 | 73.2 | 59.6 | 66.1 | 66.7 | 43.9 | 56.6 | 57.4 | |
Austria | 67.8 | 71.4 | 72.1 | 58.5 | 64.4 | 65.8 | 29.0 | 38.6 | 41.0 | |
Belgium | 57.3 | 61.6 | 62.0 | 47.5 | 54.9 | 55.7 | 22.5 | 33.8 | 32.8 | |
Canada | 68.9 | 73.6 | 73.7 | 63.5 | 70.1 | 70.1 | 45.2 | 57.1 | 57.5 | |
Czech Republic | 67.5 | 66.1 | 66.6 | 58.7 | 57.3 | 57.6 | 37.1 | 46.0 | 47.6 | |
Denmark | 75.3 | 77.3 | 78.4 | 70.3 | 73.3 | 74.4 | 50.4 | 58.7 | 57.7 | |
Finland | 64.8 | 70.5 | 71.9 | 61.3 | 68.5 | 69.0 | 36.2 | 55.0 | 56.4 | |
France | 59.4 | 64.0 | 64.6 | 52.4 | 59.4 | 60.1 | 33.0 | 38.3 | 38.2 | |
Germany | 64.7 | 69.0 | 70.2 | 56.3 | 63.2 | 64.3 | 38.4 | 51.3 | 53.8 | |
Greece | 55.6 | 61.5 | 62.2 | 40.3 | 48.1 | 49.0 | 39.1 | 42.1 | 42.9 | |
Hungary | 53.6 | 57.3 | 56.7 | 47.3 | 50.9 | 50.6 | 16.7 | 33.1 | 31.4 | |
Iceland | 82.2 | 85.7 | 84.2 | 78.3 | 81.7 | 80.3 | 86.7 | 84.9 | 83.3 | |
Ireland | 59.6 | 69.0 | 68.1 | 48.2 | 60.3 | 60.5 | 41.6 | 54.1 | 53.9 | |
Italy | 52.2 | 58.7 | 58.7 | 37.3 | 46.6 | 47.2 | 27.9 | 33.8 | 34.4 | |
Japan | 69.5 | 70.7 | 70.7 | 57.2 | 59.5 | 59.7 | 63.8 | 66.1 | 66.3 | |
Korea | 59.2 | 63.9 | 63.8 | 47.3 | 53.2 | 53.2 | 58.7 | 60.6 | 60.6 | |
Luxembourg | 60.2 | 63.6 | 64.4 | 45.6 | 54.5 | 55.8 | 25.0 | 33.4 | 38.3 | |
Mexico | 60.4 | 61.1 | 59.9 | 39.3 | 43.6 | 41.4 | 52.6 | 54.7 | 47.1 | |
Netherlands | 69.5 | 74.8 | 76.1 | 59.1 | 68.5 | 70.2 | 32.8 | 48.3 | 50.7 | |
New Zealand | 69.6 | 75.4 | 74.9 | 62.1 | 69.0 | 69.0 | 55.7 | 72.0 | 71.9 | |
Norway | 78.3 | 76.9 | 78.1 | 73.6 | 74.0 | 75.4 | 67.2 | 69.0 | 69.3 | |
Poland | 58.9 | 57.0 | 59.2 | 52.2 | 50.6 | 52.4 | 32.3 | 29.7 | 31.6 | |
Portugal | 66.8 | 67.8 | 68.2 | 58.3 | 61.9 | 62.5 | 49.7 | 50.9 | 50.8 | |
Slovak Republic | 60.5 | 60.7 | 62.3 | 53.5 | 53.0 | 54.6 | 22.8 | 35.7 | 39.3 | |
Spain | 52.4 | 66.6 | 65.3 | 36.5 | 55.5 | 55.7 | 35.1 | 44.6 | 45.6 | |
Sweden | 71.5 | 75.7 | 75.7 | 69.4 | 73.2 | 73.2 | 63.1 | 70.1 | 70.3 | |
Switzerland | 78.0 | 78.6 | 79.5 | 68.8 | 71.6 | 73.5 | 64.4 | 67.2 | 68.4 | |
Turkey | 51.4 | 44.6 | 44.9 | 28.5 | 22.8 | 23.5 | 41.1 | 27.1 | 27.4 | |
United Kingdom | 71.0 | 72.3 | 72.7 | 64.2 | 66.3 | 66.9 | 48.3 | 57.4 | 58.2 | |
United States | 73.8 | 71.8 | 70.9 | 67.4 | 65.9 | 65.5 | 57.7 | 61.8 | 62.1 | |
OECD-Total | 65.1 | 66.6 | 66.5 | 54.4 | 57.5 | 57.5 | 47.6 | 53.5 | 53.6 | |
| Last updated: 2 October 2009 | ||||||||||
| Note: Next update: June 2010. OECD weighted average. | ||||||||||
| Source: OECD Employment Outlook. For further details, see: sources, definitions and related studies. | ||||||||||