7.2.2. Employment of population aged 15–64 (2000–)*(1/2)

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Countries Employed, thousand, 2019 Employment rate, percent
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Austria 4 280 67.9 67.8 68.1 68.2 65.3 67.4 68.6 69.9 70.8 70.3
Belgium 4 771 60.9 59.7 59.7 59.3 60.5 61.1 61.0 62.0 62.4 61.6
Bulgaria 3 136 51.5 50.7 51.1 53.1 55.1 55.8 58.6 61.7 64.0 62.6
Cyprus 404 65.4 67.9 68.5 69.2 69.4 68.5 69.6 71.0 70.9 69.0
Czechia 5 151 64.9 65.0 65.5 64.9 64.1 64.8 65.3 66.1 66.6 65.4
Denmark 2 779 76.4 75.9 76.4 75.1 76.0 75.9 77.4 77.0 76.3 73.5
Estonia 634 60.9 60.6 61.4 62.4 63.2 64.8 68.4 69.8 70.1 63.8
Finland 2 487 68.1 69.1 69.1 68.7 68.3 68.4 69.3 70.3 71.1 68.7
France 26 751 61.7 62.7 62.9 64.0 63.4 63.8 63.7 64.3 64.9 64.1
Greece 3 825 56.6 56.5 57.6 58.7 59.3 59.6 60.6 60.9 61.4 60.8
Netherlands 8 689 72.9 74.1 74.5 73.8 73.1 70.6 71.6 73.5 74.9 74.6
Croatia 1 650 .. .. 52.9 53.4 54.9 55.0 55.6 59.0 60.0 59.4
Ireland 2 239 64.5 65.2 65.1 65.1 65.5 67.6 68.7 71.7 69.7 63.6
Poland 16 094 55.1 53.7 51.7 51.4 51.4 52.8 54.5 57.0 59.2 59.3
Latvia 870 57.4 58.1 59.6 60.3 60.5 62.1 65.9 68.1 68.2 60.3
Lithuania 1 324 59.6 58.1 60.6 62.8 61.8 62.9 63.6 65.0 64.4 59.9
Luxembourg 287 62.7 63.0 63.6 62.2 62.5 63.6 63.6 64.2 63.4 65.2
Hungary 4 436 55.9 56.1 56.2 57.0 56.6 56.9 57.4 57.0 56.4 55.0
Malta 249 54.5 54.7 55.0 54.6 53.4 53.6 53.9 55.0 55.5 55.3
Germany 41 065 65.3 65.7 65.4 64.9 64.3 65.5 67.2 69.0 70.1 70.3
Italy 22 687 53.4 54.5 55.4 56.1 57.8 57.6 58.3 58.6 58.6 57.4
Portugal 4 653 68.2 68.9 69.1 68.1 67.8 67.3 67.6 67.6 68.0 66.1
Romania 8 408 64.2 63.3 58.6 58.7 58.7 57.6 58.8 58.8 59.0 58.6
Spain 19 568 56.1 57.7 59.0 60.1 61.1 63.6 65.0 65.8 64.5 60.0
Sweden 4 939 71.1 74.4 74.0 73.6 72.4 72.5 73.1 74.2 74.3 72.2
Slovakia 2 544 56.3 56.7 56.5 57.9 56.7 57.7 59.4 60.7 62.3 60.2
Slovenia 970 62.7 63.6 64.3 62.5 65.6 66.0 66.6 67.8 68.6 67.5
EU27_2020 194 889 .. .. 61.2 61.4 61.5 62.2 63.2 64.3 64.8 63.6
United Kingdom 31 382 71.0 71.3 71.2 71.4 71.6 71.8 71.6 71.5 71.5 69.9
EU28 226 271 .. .. 62.3 62.6 62.7 63.3 64.2 65.2 65.7 64.4
Euro area–19 148 296 61.1 61.9 62.3 62.6 62.7 63.4 64.4 65.4 65.8 64.3
North Macedonia 788 .. .. .. .. .. .. 39.6 40.7 41.9 43.3
Norway 2 616 77.9 77.5 77.3 75.6 75.3 74.8 75.4 76.8 78.0 76.4
Russia 70 520a 63.3 63.2 64.5 64.1 65.5 66.3 66.8 68.5 68.6 66.9
Switzerland 4 528 78.3 79.1 78.9 77.9 77.4 77.2 77.9 78.6 79.5 79.0
Turkey 27 230 .. .. .. .. .. .. 44.6 44.6 44.9 44.3
Israel 3 734 62.1 61.6 60.1 60.1 60.9 62.3 63.2 64.5 65.5 64.3
Japan 58 320 68.9 68.8 68.3 68.4 68.7 69.3 69.9 70.7 70.8 70.0
Republic of Korea 24 497 61.5 62.2 63.4 63.0 63.8 63.7 64.0 64.1 64.0 63.0
United Statesb 147 186 74.1 73.1 71.9 71.2 71.2 71.5 72.0 71.8 70.9 67.6
Canada 18 148 70.9 70.8 71.4 72.2 72.5 72.4 72.8 73.5 73.5 71.4
Mexico 51 949 60.1 59.4 58.7 58.8 59.1 60.1 61.0 61.0 60.7 59.8
Australia 12 284 69.1 69.0 69.4 70.0 70.3 71.5 72.1 72.8 73.2 72.1
New Zealand 2 460 70.3 71.4 72.1 72.2 73.2 74.2 74.8 75.1 74.6 72.8
*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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