Labour
branch Employment growth in most dynamic regions
Percentage, 1999-2008
  1999-2008
Turkey 69.6   69.60 
Greece 62.8   62.80 
Sweden 62.2   62.20 
United States 61.3   61.30 
Canada 59.4   59.40 
Iceland 59.4   59.40 
Hungary 59.4   59.40 
Korea 59.2   59.20 
Spain 46.5   46.50 
OECD 46.3   46.30 
Australia 44.7   44.70 
Italy 43.1   43.10 
New Zealand 39.1   39.10 
Norway 38.3   38.30 
Czech Republic 37.9   37.90 
United Kingdom 35.1   35.10 
Poland 32.2   32.20 
France 32.2   32.20 
Germany 32.1   32.10 
Portugal 31.6   31.60 
Mexico 30.3   30.30 
Denmark 28.0   28.00 
Austria 23.2   23.20 
Netherlands 22.3   22.30 
Belgium 21.0   21.00 
Switzerland 19.7   19.70 
Slovak Republic 16.5   16.50 

Definition

Employed persons are all persons who during the reference week of the survey worked at least one hour for pay or profit, or were temporarily absent from such work. The employment rate is the number of employed persons as a percentage of the working age (25-64) population.

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