7.2.1. Economic activity of population aged 15–64 (2000–)*(1/2)

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Countries Economically active population, thousand, 2019 Activity rate, percent
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Austria 4 484 71.3 70.7 71.6 71.7 69.4 71.4 72.4 73.5 73.9 74.3
Belgium 5 044 65.2 63.6 64.1 64.3 65.3 66.7 66.5 67.1 67.1 66.9
Bulgaria 3 276 61.6 63.4 62.5 61.7 62.8 62.1 64.5 66.3 67.8 67.2
Cyprus 435 68.9 70.7 70.9 72.2 72.7 72.4 73.0 73.9 73.6 73.0
Czechia 5 259 71.2 70.7 70.4 70.2 69.9 70.4 70.3 69.9 69.7 70.1
Denmark 2 930 80.0 79.2 79.9 79.4 80.2 79.8 80.6 80.1 79.3 78.7
Estonia 665 70.5 69.8 68.4 70.6 70.7 70.7 72.8 73.2 74.2 74.0
Finland 2 669 76.8 77.1 77.2 76.8 76.2 74.7 75.2 75.6 76.0 75.0
France 29 246 68.8 68.6 69.0 69.8 69.7 69.7 69.6 69.7 69.9 70.3
Greece 4 634 63.9 63.3 64.1 64.9 66.3 66.4 66.7 66.5 66.7 67.4
Netherlands 8 993 74.9 75.7 76.5 76.5 76.6 75.1 75.4 76.7 77.8 78.1
Croatia 1 768 .. .. 62.6 62.3 63.9 63.3 62.8 65.7 65.8 65.6
Ireland 2 358 67.5 67.7 68.0 68.2 68.7 70.8 71.9 75.6 74.8 73.0
Poland 16 650 66.1 66.0 64.9 64.0 63.7 64.4 63.4 63.2 63.8 64.7
Latvia 931 67.1 67.6 69.3 68.8 68.7 69.1 71.0 72.6 74.2 73.5
Lithuania 1 416 71.2 70.1 69.8 72.1 69.3 68.7 67.6 67.9 68.4 69.6
Luxembourg 304 64.2 64.1 65.3 64.6 65.8 66.6 66.7 66.9 66.8 68.7
Hungary 4 595 59.9 59.4 59.5 60.6 60.2 61.3 62.0 61.6 61.2 61.2
Malta 259 58.2 58.9 59.1 59.1 57.6 57.6 57.9 58.8 59.1 59.4
Germany 42 427 71.0 71.3 71.5 72.1 72.1 73.8 74.9 75.6 75.9 76.3
Italy 25 254 59.9 60.3 61.0 61.6 62.8 62.5 62.6 62.4 62.9 62.3
Portugal 4 987 71.1 71.8 72.6 72.8 72.6 73.2 73.6 73.9 73.9 73.4
Romania 8 761 69.6 68.3 64.2 63.4 63.9 62.3 63.6 63.0 62.9 63.1
Spain 22 804 65.1 64.4 66.4 67.8 68.7 70.0 71.1 71.8 72.7 73.1
Sweden 5 310 75.3 78.1 78.0 77.9 77.7 78.7 78.8 79.1 79.3 78.9
Slovakia 2 702 69.5 70.4 69.5 69.8 69.7 68.9 68.6 68.3 68.8 68.4
Slovenia 1 015 67.4 67.5 68.5 66.9 69.9 70.7 70.9 71.3 71.8 71.8
EU27_2020 209 175 .. .. 67.7 68.1 68.4 68.8 69.3 69.6 70 70.1
United Kingdom 32 631 75.2 74.9 75.0 75.1 75.0 75.4 75.7 75.5 75.8 75.7
EU28 241 806 .. .. 68.6 68.9 69.2 69.6 70.0 70.3 70.7 70.8
Euro area–19 160 626 67.6 67.6 68.2 68.9 69.2 69.8 70.3 70.7 71.2 71.2
North Macedonia 955 .. .. .. .. .. .. 62.2 62.8 63.5 64.0
Norway 2 719 80.7 80.5 80.6 78.9 78.7 78.3 78.0 78.8 80.0 78.9
Russia 73 866a 70.9 69.5 70.1 69.9 71.1 71.5 72.0 72.9 73.2 73.0
Switzerland 4 742 80.5 81.2 81.3 81.3 81.0 80.9 81.2 81.6 82.3 82.5
Turkey 31 648 .. .. .. .. .. .. 49.0 49.1 49.8 50.8
Israel 3 885 69.5 69.3 68.4 68.9 69.4 69.8 70.4 70.9 70.8 70.8
Japan 59 800 72.5 72.6 72.3 72.4 72.3 72.6 73.1 73.6 73.8 73.9
Republic of Korea 25 464 64.5 64.9 65.6 65.5 66.3 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.2 65.5
United Statesb 152 870 77.2 76.8 76.4 75.8 75.4 75.4 75.5 75.3 75.3 74.6
Canada 19 254 76.2 76.3 77.4 78.2 78.1 77.7 77.7 78.3 78.4 78.0
Mexico 53 905 61.7 61.0 60.6 61.0 61.6 62.3 63.3 63.4 63.2 63.3
Australia 12 973 73.8 74.1 74.1 74.5 74.4 75.4 75.8 76.2 76.5 76.4
New Zealand 2 570 75.0 75.6 76.2 75.8 76.3 77.2 77.8 78.0 77.8 77.4
*Source: Eurostat (Luxembourg); ILOSTAT (ILO, Geneva).  aIncludes statistical data for the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.  bData refer to the population aged 16–64.  Revised data 

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