Female Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA)

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.FEMALE.RT.Q

Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.

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Female Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): latest reading for 45 geographies, with the period of each. Source: OECD.
#Country or areaValue (% of population in subgroup)PeriodStatusHistory
1IcelandISL78.712026-Q2History
2NetherlandsNLD78.452026-Q2History
3SwitzerlandCHE76.572026-Q2History
4JapanJPN76.252026-Q3History
5EstoniaEST75.332026-Q2History
6SwedenSWE74.922026-Q2History
7GermanyDEU74.282026-Q2Estimated (E)History
8AustraliaAUS74.112026-Q3History
9DenmarkDNK73.982026-Q2History
10NorwayNOR73.912026-Q2History
11New ZealandNZL73.782026-Q3History
12LithuaniaLTU73.222026-Q2History
13LatviaLVA72.752026-Q2History
14PortugalPRT72.322026-Q2History
15United KingdomGBR72.312026-Q2History
16CanadaCAN72.232026-Q3History
17CzechiaCZE71.662026-Q2History
18AustriaAUT71.622026-Q2History
19HungaryHUN71.002026-Q2History
20IrelandIRL70.672026-Q2History
21FinlandFIN70.582026-Q2History
22SloveniaSVN70.232026-Q2History
23PolandPOL68.612026-Q2History
24IsraelISR68.602026-Q3History
25SlovakiaSVK68.242026-Q2History
26RussiaRUS67.792021-Q4History
27United StatesUSA67.692026-Q3History
28BulgariaBGR67.392026-Q2History
29FranceFRA66.952026-Q2History
European Union (EU)66.932026-Q2History
Euro area (EA)66.922026-Q2History
30CroatiaHRV66.462026-Q2History
31LuxembourgLUX66.392026-Q2History
32BelgiumBEL64.602026-Q2History
33South KoreaKOR63.442026-Q3History
34SpainESP63.272026-Q2History
35GreeceGRC57.692026-Q2History
36ChileCHL56.362026-Q3Estimated (E)History
37ItalyITA54.542026-Q2History
38RomaniaROU53.892026-Q2History
39ColombiaCOL53.492026-Q3History
40MexicoMEX49.832026-Q2History
41Costa RicaCRI48.192026-Q3History
42TürkiyeTUR36.532026-Q2History
43South AfricaZAF34.362026-Q2History

Source: OECD. 45 geographies, periods 2021-10-01 to 2026-07-01. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.