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

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.MALE.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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Male 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
1NetherlandsNLD85.562026-Q2History
2JapanJPN84.612026-Q3History
3IcelandISL84.032026-Q2History
4SwitzerlandCHE82.432026-Q2History
5CzechiaCZE80.392026-Q2History
6GermanyDEU80.292026-Q2Estimated (E)History
7AustraliaAUS79.712026-Q3History
8New ZealandNZL79.532026-Q3History
9DenmarkDNK79.492026-Q2History
10HungaryHUN79.072026-Q2History
11NorwayNOR78.612026-Q2History
12IrelandIRL78.182026-Q2History
13MexicoMEX78.082026-Q2History
14United KingdomGBR78.002026-Q2History
15SwedenSWE77.922026-Q2History
16PortugalPRT77.542026-Q2History
17PolandPOL77.502026-Q2History
18AustriaAUT77.292026-Q2History
19CanadaCAN77.202026-Q3History
20RussiaRUS77.022021-Q4History
21ColombiaCOL76.752026-Q3History
22South KoreaKOR76.612026-Q3History
23United StatesUSA76.352026-Q3History
24EstoniaEST76.172026-Q2History
25SlovakiaSVK75.842026-Q2History
26LithuaniaLTU75.402026-Q2History
European Union (EU)75.322026-Q2History
27SloveniaSVN75.022026-Q2History
Euro area (EA)74.932026-Q2History
28BulgariaBGR73.792026-Q2History
29Costa RicaCRI73.692026-Q3History
30GreeceGRC73.262026-Q2History
31TürkiyeTUR72.892026-Q2History
32LatviaLVA72.162026-Q2History
33SpainESP71.812026-Q2History
34FinlandFIN71.712026-Q2History
35ItalyITA71.642026-Q2History
36CroatiaHRV71.612026-Q2History
37LuxembourgLUX71.372026-Q2History
38FranceFRA71.232026-Q2History
39ChileCHL70.882026-Q3Estimated (E)History
40RomaniaROU70.822026-Q2History
41BelgiumBEL70.132026-Q2History
42IsraelISR70.112026-Q3History
43South AfricaZAF45.232026-Q2History

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