Population and migration
branch Foreign-born employment: total
As a percentage of total population, 2007
  2007
Estonia 74.5   74.50 
Switzerland 73.7   73.70 
Portugal 73.1   73.10 
Ireland 72.9   72.90 
United States 71.2   71.20 
Luxembourg 71.1   71.10 
Canada 70.5   70.50 
Spain 70.3   70.30 
Norway 69.9   69.90 
Slovenia 68.0   68.00 
Czech Republic 67.3   67.30 
Israel 66.7   66.70 
Greece 66.6   66.60 
Slovak Republic 66.0   66.00 
Italy 65.9   65.90 
Austria 65.0   65.00 
Hungary 64.5   64.50 
OECD average 64.2   64.20 
Finland 63.5   63.50 
Sweden 63.1   63.10 
Denmark 62.5   62.50 
Netherlands 62.4   62.40 
Germany 61.0   61.00 
France 58.5   58.50 
Belgium 50.9   50.90 
Turkey 48.7   48.70 
Poland 36.8   36.80 

Definition

The employment rate is calculated as the share of employed persons aged 15-64 in the total population (active and inactive persons) of the same age. In accordance with ILO definitions, employed persons are those who worked at least one hour or who had a job but were absent from work during the reference week. The educational classification shown is based on the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) categories. Generally speaking, "low" corresponds to less than upper secondary education; "intermediate" to upper secondary education; and "high" to tertiary education. Tertiary education includes high-level vocational education feeding into technical or semi-professional occupations.

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