Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): New Zealand
The latest reading SOTW holds for New Zealand is 84.07% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q3, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.PRIME.RT.Q · NZL
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
- 84.07
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q3
- Previous
- 84.57
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Earliest held
- 77.92
- % of population in subgroup · 2000-Q1
- Readings shown
- 107
- Every reading SOTW holds
New Zealand · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) |
|---|---|
| 2026-Q3 | 84.07 |
| 2026-Q2 | 84.57 |
| 2026-Q1 | 84.64 |
| 2025-Q4 | 84.61 |
| 2025-Q3 | 84.43 |
| 2025-Q2 | 84.58 |
| 2025-Q1 | 84.80 |
| 2024-Q4 | 85.32 |
| 2024-Q3 | 85.52 |
| 2024-Q2 | 85.77 |
| 2024-Q1 | 86.08 |
| 2023-Q4 | 86.32 |
| 2023-Q3 | 86.24 |
| 2023-Q2 | 86.26 |
| 2023-Q1 | 86.53 |
| 2022-Q4 | 86.43 |
| 2022-Q3 | 85.97 |
| 2022-Q2 | 85.43 |
| 2022-Q1 | 85.34 |
| 2021-Q4 | 85.67 |
| 2021-Q3 | 85.54 |
| 2021-Q2 | 84.15 |
| 2021-Q1 | 83.87 |
| 2020-Q4 | 83.35 |
| 2020-Q3 | 83.41 |
| 2020-Q2 | 83.97 |
| 2020-Q1 | 84.16 |
| 2019-Q4 | 84.56 |
| 2019-Q3 | 84.63 |
| 2019-Q2 | 84.86 |
| 2019-Q1 | 84.83 |
| 2018-Q4 | 84.14 |
| 2018-Q3 | 84.76 |
| 2018-Q2 | 84.48 |
| 2018-Q1 | 84.51 |
| 2017-Q4 | 84.41 |
| 2017-Q3 | 84.41 |
| 2017-Q2 | 83.60 |
| 2017-Q1 | 83.75 |
| 2016-Q4 | 83.81 |
| 2016-Q3 | 83.42 |
| 2016-Q2 | 82.91 |
| 2016-Q1 | 81.94 |
| 2015-Q4 | 81.58 |
| 2015-Q3 | 81.01 |
| 2015-Q2 | 81.63 |
| 2015-Q1 | 82.12 |
| 2014-Q4 | 81.76 |
| 2014-Q3 | 81.77 |
| 2014-Q2 | 81.44 |
| 2014-Q1 | 81.61 |
| 2013-Q4 | 81.46 |
| 2013-Q3 | 81.10 |
| 2013-Q2 | 80.00 |
| 2013-Q1 | 80.17 |
| 2012-Q4 | 79.41 |
| 2012-Q3 | 79.20 |
| 2012-Q2 | 79.54 |
| 2012-Q1 | 80.12 |
| 2011-Q4 | 80.38 |
| 2011-Q3 | 80.07 |
| 2011-Q2 | 80.39 |
| 2011-Q1 | 80.28 |
| 2010-Q4 | 79.70 |
| 2010-Q3 | 79.90 |
| 2010-Q2 | 79.60 |
| 2010-Q1 | 79.88 |
| 2009-Q4 | 80.02 |
| 2009-Q3 | 79.97 |
| 2009-Q2 | 80.84 |
| 2009-Q1 | 80.74 |
| 2008-Q4 | 82.09 |
| 2008-Q3 | 82.06 |
| 2008-Q2 | 82.00 |
| 2008-Q1 | 80.83 |
| 2007-Q4 | 82.06 |
| 2007-Q3 | 81.61 |
| 2007-Q2 | 81.85 |
| 2007-Q1 | 81.76 |
| 2006-Q4 | 81.32 |
| 2006-Q3 | 81.99 |
| 2006-Q2 | 82.01 |
| 2006-Q1 | 81.52 |
| 2005-Q4 | 81.87 |
| 2005-Q3 | 81.95 |
| 2005-Q2 | 81.11 |
| 2005-Q1 | 81.07 |
| 2004-Q4 | 81.22 |
| 2004-Q3 | 80.63 |
| 2004-Q2 | 79.96 |
| 2004-Q1 | 79.71 |
| 2003-Q4 | 79.66 |
| 2003-Q3 | 79.67 |
| 2003-Q2 | 79.06 |
| 2003-Q1 | 79.29 |
| 2002-Q4 | 79.72 |
| 2002-Q3 | 79.21 |
| 2002-Q2 | 78.90 |
| 2002-Q1 | 79.32 |
| 2001-Q4 | 79.46 |
| 2001-Q3 | 78.75 |
| 2001-Q2 | 78.57 |
| 2001-Q1 | 78.67 |
| 2000-Q4 | 78.77 |
| 2000-Q3 | 78.49 |
| 2000-Q2 | 77.66 |
| 2000-Q1 | 77.92 |
Source: OECD. All 107 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q3. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.