Employment-to-population Ratio in The World
In general, a high ratio is considered to be above 70 percent of the working-age population whereas a ratio below 50 percent is considered to be low. The economies with low ratios are generally situated in the Middle East and North Africa.
Employment-to-population ratios are typically higher for men than for women. Nevertheless, in the past decades, the ratios tended to fall for men and increase in the case of women, which made the differences between both to be reduced.
| Country | 1994 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2010 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 66.0 | 69.0 | 69.4 | 70.0 | 70.3 | 71.6 | 72.4 | 65.1 |
| Austria | 68.3 | 68.0 | 68.5 | 68.7 | 67.8 | 68.6 | 71.7 | |
| Belgium | 55.7 | 59.7 | 59.7 | 59.3 | 60.5 | 61.0 | 62.0 | |
| Canada | 67.0 | 70.8 | 71.4 | 72.2 | 72.5 | 72.5 | 71.5 | |
| Czech Republic | 69.2 | 65.3 | 65.7 | 64.9 | 64.2 | 64.8 | 65.0 | |
| Denmark | 72.4 | 75.9 | 76.4 | 75.1 | 76.0 | 75.5 | 73.4 | |
| Finland | 59.9 | 67.7 | 67.7 | 67.4 | 67.2 | 68.0 | 68.3 | |
| France | 58.4 | 62.0 | 62.2 | 62.5 | 62.4 | 62.3 | 64.0 | 63.8 |
| Germany | 64.5 | 65.8 | 65.3 | 64.6 | 65.0 | 65.5 | 71.2 | |
| Greece | 54.1 | 55.6 | 57.7 | 58.9 | 59.6 | 60.3 | 59.6 | |
| Hungary | 53.5 | 56.2 | 56.2 | 57.0 | 56.8 | 56.9 | 55.4 | |
| Iceland | 78.5 | 84.6 | 82.8 | 84.1 | 82.8 | 84.4 | 78.9 | |
| Ireland | 51.9 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 65.0 | 65.5 | 67.1 | 60.4 | |
| Italy | 51.5 | 54.9 | 55.6 | 56.2 | 57.4 | 57.5 | 56.9 | |
| Japan | 69.3 | 68.8 | 68.2 | 68.4 | 68.7 | 69.3 | 70.1 | |
| Korea | 62.8 | 62.1 | 63.3 | 63.0 | 63.6 | 63.7 | 63.3 | |
| Luxembourg | 60.2 | 63.0 | 63.6 | 62.7 | 62.6 | 63.6 | 65.2 | |
| Mexico | 58.7 | 60.1 | 60.1 | 59.6 | 60.8 | 59.6 | 60.4 | |
| Netherlands | 63.9 | 72.8 | 73.1 | 72.7 | 72.0 | .. | 74.7 | |
| New Zealand | 68.0 | 71.8 | 72.4 | 72.5 | 73.5 | 74.6 | 72.3 | |
| Norway | 72.2 | 77.5 | 77.1 | 75.8 | 75.6 | 75.2 | 75.4 | |
| Poland | 58.3 | 53.5 | 51.7 | 51.4 | 51.9 | 53.0 | 59.3 | |
| Portugal | 64.0 | 68.6 | 68.1 | 67.1 | 67.8 | 67.5 | 65.6 | |
| Slovak Republic | 59.8 | 56.9 | 56.9 | 57.7 | 57.0 | 57.7 | 58.8 | |
| Spain | 47.4 | 58.8 | 59.5 | 60.7 | 62.0 | 64.3 | 59.4 | |
| Sweden | 71.5 | 75.2 | 74.9 | 74.3 | 73.5 | .. | 72.7 | |
| Switzerland | 75.6 | 79.2 | 78.9 | 77.9 | 77.4 | 77.2 | 78.6 | |
| Turkey | 52.4 | 47.8 | 46.7 | 45.5 | 46.1 | 45.9 | 46.3 | |
| United Kingdom | 68.7 | 72.5 | 72.3 | 72.6 | 72.7 | 72.6 | 70.3 | |
| United States | 72.0 | 73.1 | 71.9 | 71.2 | 71.2 | 71.5 | 66.7 | 67.1 |
| EU-15 | 59.9 | 64.1 | 64.3 | 64.4 | 64.9 | 65.4 | .. | |
| EU-19 | 59.9 | 62.9 | 62.9 | 63.0 | 63.5 | 64.0 | .. | |
| OECD Europe | 59.4 | 61.4 | 61.2 | 61.1 | 61.5 | 61.9 | .. | |
| Total OECD | 64.0 | 65.5 | 65.1 | 64.9 | 65.3 | 65.5 | 64.6 |
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