Data Set
Labour Market Indicators: Employment rate
Description
Employment rates are defined as a measure of the extent to which available labour resources (people available to work) are being used. They are calculated as the ratio of the employed to the working age population. Employed people are those aged 15 or over who report that they have worked in gainful employment for at least one hour in the previous week or who had a job but were absent from work during the reference week. The working age population refers to people aged 15 to 64. This indicator is seasonally adjusted and it is measured in terms of thousand persons aged 15 and over; and in numbers of employed persons aged 15 to 64 as a percentage of working age population.
If you use this indicator, please cite as: OECD (2021), Employment rate (indicator). doi: 10.1787/1de68a9b-en. Data retrieved from the Social Policy Archive for SHARE (SPLASH) (distributor). Retrieved from: www.splash-db.eu on Day/Month/Year.
Please see the Notes and the Metadata for details regarding definition, country-specific remarks, and other relevant information about the indicator.
This data was downloaded on 30.08.2021. Please check the original source for further information on the use of the data and proper citation.
Values
Unit: %
| Region | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | 64.38 | 65.17 | 65.37 | 64.16 | 61.94 | 62.82 | 63.72 | 65.14 | 65.30 | 66.48 | 68.20 | 68.37 | 65.92 | 64.93 | 64.62 | 66.00 | 67.63 | 67.66 | 67.36 | 67.80 | 68.23 | 69.10 | 69.00 | 69.36 | 70.01 | 70.30 | 71.54 | 72.12 | 72.80 | 73.20 | 72.05 | 72.37 | 72.66 | 72.35 | 71.97 | 71.57 | 72.16 | 72.43 | 72.99 | 73.77 | 74.32 | 72.69 | |
| Austria | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 68.53 | 68.50 | 68.38 | 68.75 | 68.95 | 66.53 | 67.40 | 68.58 | 69.88 | 70.83 | 70.33 | 70.78 | 71.10 | 71.43 | 71.40 | 71.08 | 71.10 | 71.55 | 72.20 | 73.03 | 73.53 | 72.40 | |
| Belgium | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 59.30 | 60.53 | 59.95 | 59.90 | 59.60 | 60.35 | 61.08 | 61.00 | 62.03 | 62.40 | 61.60 | 62.03 | 61.93 | 61.83 | 61.80 | 61.90 | 61.80 | 62.30 | 63.13 | 64.45 | 65.30 | 64.73 | |
| Canada | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 67.53 | 67.35 | 67.98 | 68.95 | 69.98 | 70.90 | 70.79 | 71.42 | 72.18 | 72.45 | 72.44 | 72.71 | 73.33 | 73.35 | 71.27 | 71.29 | 71.72 | 71.93 | 72.29 | 72.13 | 72.36 | 72.33 | 73.16 | 73.53 | 74.15 | 69.97 | |
| Chile | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 54.44 | 55.50 | 56.33 | 57.26 | 56.06 | 60.10 | 62.04 | 62.65 | 63.15 | 63.24 | 63.50 | 63.34 | 63.90 | 64.10 | 64.09 | 55.85 | |
| Colombia | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 60.19 | 60.51 | 62.35 | 63.65 | 65.09 | 66.28 | 66.54 | 67.06 | 67.62 | 67.18 | 66.93 | 66.37 | 65.25 | 57.54 | |
| Costa Rica | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |