Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): Euro area (EA)
The latest reading SOTW holds for Euro area (EA) is 82.21% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.PRIME.RT.Q · EA
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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- Latest
- 82.21
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 82.18
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 77.00
- % of population in subgroup · 2005-Q1
- Readings shown
- 86
- Every reading SOTW holds
Euro area (EA) · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 82.21 |
| 2026-Q1 | 82.18 |
| 2025-Q4 | 82.11 |
| 2025-Q3 | 81.98 |
| 2025-Q2 | 81.95 |
| 2025-Q1 | 82.01 |
| 2024-Q4 | 81.84 |
| 2024-Q3 | 81.81 |
| 2024-Q2 | 81.73 |
| 2024-Q1 | 81.57 |
| 2023-Q4 | 81.61 |
| 2023-Q3 | 81.37 |
| 2023-Q2 | 81.44 |
| 2023-Q1 | 81.27 |
| 2022-Q4 | 81.07 |
| 2022-Q3 | 81.05 |
| 2022-Q2 | 80.94 |
| 2022-Q1 | 80.75 |
| 2021-Q4 | 80.54 |
| 2021-Q3 | 80.20 |
| 2021-Q2 | 79.12 |
| 2021-Q1 | 78.20 |
| 2020-Q4 | 78.54 |
| 2020-Q3 | 78.09 |
| 2020-Q2 | 77.07 |
| 2020-Q1 | 79.27 |
| 2019-Q4 | 79.80 |
| 2019-Q3 | 79.62 |
| 2019-Q2 | 79.50 |
| 2019-Q1 | 79.38 |
| 2018-Q4 | 79.09 |
| 2018-Q3 | 79.03 |
| 2018-Q2 | 78.78 |
| 2018-Q1 | 78.47 |
| 2017-Q4 | 78.36 |
| 2017-Q3 | 78.14 |
| 2017-Q2 | 77.89 |
| 2017-Q1 | 77.59 |
| 2016-Q4 | 77.45 |
| 2016-Q3 | 77.30 |
| 2016-Q2 | 77.04 |
| 2016-Q1 | 76.84 |
| 2015-Q4 | 76.70 |
| 2015-Q3 | 76.51 |
| 2015-Q2 | 76.17 |
| 2015-Q1 | 76.06 |
| 2014-Q4 | 75.93 |
| 2014-Q3 | 75.75 |
| 2014-Q2 | 75.65 |
| 2014-Q1 | 75.56 |
| 2013-Q4 | 75.42 |
| 2013-Q3 | 75.28 |
| 2013-Q2 | 75.30 |
| 2013-Q1 | 75.42 |
| 2012-Q4 | 75.69 |
| 2012-Q3 | 75.87 |
| 2012-Q2 | 76.06 |
| 2012-Q1 | 76.28 |
| 2011-Q4 | 76.49 |
| 2011-Q3 | 76.66 |
| 2011-Q2 | 76.90 |
| 2011-Q1 | 76.84 |
| 2010-Q4 | 76.86 |
| 2010-Q3 | 76.77 |
| 2010-Q2 | 76.76 |
| 2010-Q1 | 76.73 |
| 2009-Q4 | 76.95 |
| 2009-Q3 | 76.98 |
| 2009-Q2 | 77.29 |
| 2009-Q1 | 77.78 |
| 2008-Q4 | 79.05 |
| 2008-Q3 | 79.43 |
| 2008-Q2 | 79.41 |
| 2008-Q1 | 79.39 |
| 2007-Q4 | 79.33 |
| 2007-Q3 | 79.18 |
| 2007-Q2 | 78.93 |
| 2007-Q1 | 78.69 |
| 2006-Q4 | 78.49 |
| 2006-Q3 | 78.34 |
| 2006-Q2 | 78.08 |
| 2006-Q1 | 77.74 |
| 2005-Q4 | 77.34 |
| 2005-Q3 | 77.16 |
| 2005-Q2 | 77.03 |
| 2005-Q1 | 77.00 |
Source: OECD. All 86 readings held, 2005-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.