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Labour force participation rate - Illustration - Statistical Data Included
OECD Economic Outlook, Dec, 2001
Annex Table 19
Labour force participation rate
Average
1974-84 1985 1986 1987 1988
Australia 70.1 70.6 71.7 71.9 72.5
Austria 79.8 76.2 76.6 76.7 76.9
Belgium 61.7 60.7 60.9 61.0 61.2
Canada 71.2 75.1 75.8 76.5 77.3
Czech Republic .. .. .. .. ..
Denmark 77.5 80.9 81.7 81.4 82.7
Finland 74.4 76.6 76.6 76.1 75.9
France 67.9 66.4 66.5 66.5 66.4
Germany 68.0 67.4 67.9 68.3 68.6
Greece 59.6 62.0 61.5 61.0 61.9
Hungary .. .. .. .. ..
Iceland 74.6 79.4 81.0 84.2 80.2
Ireland 62.9 62.7 62.5 62.4 61.8
Italy 59.9 59.2 60.2 60.0 60.3
Japan 71.5 72.3 72.2 72.3 72.5
Korea 60.3 58.3 58.9 60.3 60.5
Luxembourg 61.0 60.2 60.4 60.9 61.3
Mexico (a) .. .. .. 51.1 51.6
Netherlands 58.0 56.0 56.4 56.5 57.2
New Zealand 65.8 66.5 66.2 66.1 64.6
Norway 74.4 77.5 79.2 80.2 80.1
Poland .. .. .. .. ..
Portugal 67.4 68.1 67.9 68.4 69.0
Slovak Republic .. .. .. .. ..
Spain (b) 62.4 60.2 60.3 61.2 61.8
Sweden 80.0 81.0 81.2 81.5 82.0
Switzerland 75.5 76.2 77.3 78.5 79.7
Turkey (c) 70.8 63.4 63.2 63.0 62.1
United Kingdom 73.9 74.8 74.8 75.2 76.3
United States 63.0 64.8 65.3 65.6 65.9
Euro area 64.8 63.9 64.2 64.4 64.7
European Union 66.9 66.3 66.6 66.8 67.2
Total OECD 66.6 66.7 67.0 66.6 66.8
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Australia 73.8 74.4 74.0 73.7 73.5
Austria 77.5 78.0 78.5 78.4 77.1
Belgium 60.9 60.9 60.9 61.0 61.5
Canada 77.8 77.7 77.2 76.4 76.1
Czech Republic .. .. .. .. 72.3
Denmark 82.5 82.9 82.8 82.8 81.5
Finland 77.0 76.8 75.3 73.6 72.7
France 66.6 66.6 66.8 66.9 66.9
Germany 68.5 69.1 73.9 73.1 72.7
Greece 61.5 61.5 59.6 60.5 61.2
Hungary .. .. .. .. 61.8
Iceland 78.9 77.5 76.2 75.5 75.4
Ireland 61.1 62.0 62.2 62.0 62.7
Italy 59.9 59.6 59.5 59.0 57.9
Japan 73.1 74.1 75.2 75.7 76.0
Korea 61.9 62.4 63.4 63.7 64.1
Luxembourg 61.7 61.7 62.1 61.8 61.4
Mexico (a) 51.8 51.8 53.3 53.8 55.2
Netherlands 57.4 58.2 59.0 59.6 60.5
New Zealand 63.5 63.8 63.8 63.3 63.3
Norway 78.7 78.0 77.1 76.9 76.5
Poland .. .. .. .. 68.8
Portugal 69.9 71.0 72.4 72.0 71.3
Slovak Republic .. .. .. .. ..
Spain (b) 61.8 62.2 62.2 62.1 62.3
Sweden 82.5 82.9 82.0 80.1 77.6
Switzerland 80.6 82.5 83.9 83.2 83.8
Turkey (c) 62.0 60.7 60.6 59.3 54.9
United Kingdom 76.6 76.5 76.0 76.0 75.7
United States 66.4 66.5 66.2 66.4 66.3
Euro area 64.6 64.9 66.5 66.2 65.9
European Union 67.3 67.5 68.5 68.3 67.9
Total OECD 67.2 67.4 67.9 67.8 67.6
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Australia 74.0 75.2 75.2 74.8 74.7
Austria 76.6 76.5 76.3 76.5 77.0
Belgium 61.9 62.3 62.5 62.7 63.5
Canada 76.0 75.8 75.6 75.9 76.3
Czech Republic 72.6 72.6 72.4 72.4 72.5
Denmark 79.2 79.6 79.7 79.9 79.7
Finland 72.1 72.5 72.6 72.3 72.6
France 67.1 67.0 67.5 67.7 68.0
Germany 72.9 72.8 72.9 73.4 73.8
Greece 61.9 62.5 62.0 61.7 63.9
Hungary 59.0 57.6 57.2 56.7 57.1
Iceland 75.4 75.7 76.3 76.6 77.1
Ireland 63.0 63.1 64.1 64.2 67.2
Italy 57.4 57.4 57.7 58.0 58.8
Japan 76.4 76.5 77.0 78.0 78.2
Korea 64.9 65.4 65.6 66.1 64.7
Luxembourg 61.7 61.8 62.2 62.5 62.8
Mexico (a) 54.7 55.3 55.3 56.2 56.5
Netherlands 60.8 61.7 62.5 63.7 64.5
New Zealand 64.2 64.9 65.8 65.6 65.2
Norway 76.8 77.7 79.2 80.4 81.1
Poland 67.6 66.9 66.5 66.1 65.8
Portugal 71.4 71.1 71.9 73.4 73.3
Slovak Republic 69.0 69.2 69.5 68.6 67.8
Spain (b) 62.6 62.4 62.2 62.7 63.3
Sweden 76.3 76.9 76.5 75.5 75.2
Switzerland 82.0 81.9 82.3 82.3 82.2
Turkey (c) 57.2 56.7 56.1 54.9 55.1
United Kingdom 75.4 75.3 75.3 75.3 75.3
United States 66.6 66.6 66.8 67.1 67.1
Euro area 66.0 66.0 66.2 66.6 67.2
European Union 67.9 67.9 68.0 68.4 68.8
Total OECD 67.7 67.7 67.8 68.0 68.2
Estimates and projections
1999 2000 2001 2002
Australia 74.7 75.4 75.8 75.7
Austria 77.4 77.4 77.6 77.6
Belgium 63.8 63.6 64.1 64.7
Canada 76.9 77.4 77.6 77.6
Czech Republic 72.3 71.6 71.3 71.2
Denmark 80.3 80.4 80.5 80.6
Finland 73.7 74.5 74.9 75.4
France 68.5 68.7 69.2 69.6
Germany 74.1 74.8 74.9 75.1
Greece 64.2 64.0 64.0 64.0
Hungary 58.7 59.1 58.8 59.2
Iceland 77.3 77.0 76.9 76.7
Ireland 68.6 69.6 70.0 70.3
Italy 59.3 60.1 60.8 61.3
Japan 78.1 78.1 78.2 78.2
Korea 64.7 65.2 65.1 64.9
Luxembourg 63.6 64.3 65.2 65.4
Mexico (a) 55.7 56.9 56.3 56.2
Netherlands 65.4 66.2 67.0 67.8
New Zealand 65.3 65.4 65.8 65.9
Norway 80.7 80.7 80.7 80.6
Poland 65.1 65.3 65.4 65.2
Portugal 73.9 74.7 75.3 75.9
Slovak Republic 69.0 69.9 70.5 71.0
Spain (b) 64.2 65.6 66.1 66.5
Sweden 75.7 76.4 76.9 76.9
Switzerland 81.4 81.1 81.1 81.1
Turkey (c) 55.8 51.9 49.9 49.1
United Kingdom 75.8 75.9 76.0 76.2
United States 67.1 67.2 66.9 66.9
Euro area 67.8 68.4 68.8 69.2
European Union 69.4 69.9 70.3 70.7
Total OECD 68.3 68.4 68.3 68.3
Estimates
and
projection
s
2003
Australia 75.8
Austria 77.6
Belgium 65.1
Canada 77.7
Czech Republic 71.1
Denmark 80.8
Finland 76.2
France 69.8
Germany 75.5
Greece 64.1
Hungary 59.9
Iceland 77.0
Ireland 70.7
Italy 62.2
Japan 78.4
Korea 64.9
Luxembourg 65.9
Mexico (a) 56.4
Netherlands 68.6
New Zealand 66.0
Norway 80.5
Poland 65.1
Portugal 76.5
Slovak Republic 71.6
Spain (b) 67.0
Sweden 77.0
Switzerland 81.1
Turkey (c) 48.8
United Kingdom 76.3
United States 66.9
Euro area 69.7
European Union 71.0
Total OECD 68.4
Note: Labour market data are subject to differences in definitions
across countries and to many series breaks, though the latter are often
of a minor nature. Labour force participation rates are not fully
comparable across countries mainly because of different definitions of
the working-age population. In most countries, the working-age
population is defined as all persons of the age of 16 to 64 years,
except for Sweden, where it is 15 to 64 years, New Zealand and Turkey,
where it is 15 years more, and the United States where it is 16 years of
age and more. For information about definitions, sources, data coverage,
break in series and rebasings, see OECD Economic Outlook Sources and
Methods (http://www.oecd.org/eco/ sources-and-methods).
(a)Data based on the National Survey of Urban Employment; see OECD
Economic Outlook Sources and Methods.
(b)Rebased; see OECD Economic Outlook Sources and Methods.
(c)The figures incorporate important revisions to Turkish data; see OECD
Economic Outlook Sources and Methods.
Source: OECD.
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