List of sovereign states by employment rate

This is a list of countries by employment rate, this being the proportion of employed adults in the working age. The definition of "working age" varies: Many sources, including the OECD, use 15–64 years old,^[1] but EUROSTAT uses 20–64 years old,^[2] the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 16 years old and older (no cut-off at 65 and up),^[3] and the Office for National Statistics of the United Kingdom uses 16–64 years old.^[4]

For comparability purposes, this article uses OECD statistics (where available).

List

* indicates "Unemployment in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Employment rate by country

Country	Rate (%)	Ages	Year	Source
Iceland	81.9	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Netherlands	80.8	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Switzerland	80.1	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
New Zealand *	79.2	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Japan	78.0	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Norway	77.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Germany	76.8	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Denmark *	76.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Sweden *	76.0	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
United Kingdom *	75.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Australia *	75.3	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
China *	75.1	15–64	2010	OECD[1]
Czech Republic	75.0	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Estonia *	75.0	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Canada *	74.7	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Hungary *	73.9	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Malta *	73.8	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Finland *	73.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Lithuania	73.4	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Austria	73.3	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Ireland	72.4	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Slovenia	72.4	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Russia *	72.2	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Portugal *	71.0	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Poland *	70.9	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
United States *	70.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Slovakia *	70.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Latvia	70.2	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Cyprus	69.9	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Luxembourg	69.4	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
OECD Average	68.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Bulgaria *	68.5	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Israel	68.2	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
France *	67.7	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
South Korea *	67.2	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Belgium *	66.0	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Indonesia	65.9	15–64	2019	OECD[1]
Romania	65.6	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Spain *	63.8	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Croatia *	62.0	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Mexico *	61.9	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Albania	60.6	15–64	2020	INSTAT[6]
Chile *	60.2	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Italy	59.4	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Greece *	59.2	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Costa Rica	58.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Colombia	57.9	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
Brazil *	56.7	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
North Macedonia	54.7	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Turkey *	51.7	15–64	2021	OECD[5]
India *	49.0	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Moldova	47.6	15–64	Q2, 2021	Moldova National Bureau of Statistics[7]
Serbia	47.4	15–64	2019	Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia[8]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.0	15–64	2017	Agency of Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina[9]
Kosovo	40.2	15–64	Q3, 2016	Kosovo Agency of Statistics[10]
South Africa *	36.5	15–64	2021	OECD[5]

See also

• List of U.S. states by employment rate
• List of countries by unemployment rate
• Female labor force in the Muslim world

References

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2. "Employment statistics". EUROSTAT. June 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
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4. "Employment and employee types". Office for National Statistics. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
5. "OECD Data - Employment rate". OECD. 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
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9. "Demography and Social Statistics, Labour Force Survey 2017" (PDF). Agency of Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
10. "Results of "Labour Force Survey (LFS) in Kosovo", Q3 2016". ask.rks-gov.net. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2017.