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

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.TOTAL.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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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
1NetherlandsNLD82.012026-Q2History
2IcelandISL81.472026-Q2History
3JapanJPN80.512026-Q3History
4SwitzerlandCHE79.542026-Q2History
5GermanyDEU77.322026-Q2Estimated (E)History
6AustraliaAUS76.902026-Q3History
7DenmarkDNK76.772026-Q2History
8New ZealandNZL76.642026-Q3History
9SwedenSWE76.452026-Q2History
10NorwayNOR76.312026-Q2History
11CzechiaCZE76.082026-Q2History
12EstoniaEST75.752026-Q2History
13United KingdomGBR75.102026-Q2History
14HungaryHUN75.082026-Q2History
15PortugalPRT74.872026-Q2History
16CanadaCAN74.772026-Q3History
17AustriaAUT74.462026-Q2History
18IrelandIRL74.412026-Q2History
19LithuaniaLTU74.332026-Q2History
20PolandPOL73.072026-Q2History
21SloveniaSVN72.732026-Q2History
22LatviaLVA72.462026-Q2History
23RussiaRUS72.262021-Q4History
24SlovakiaSVK72.092026-Q2History
25United StatesUSA71.952026-Q3History
26FinlandFIN71.152026-Q2History
European Union (EU)71.142026-Q2History
Euro area (EA)70.942026-Q2History
27BulgariaBGR70.632026-Q2History
28South KoreaKOR70.152026-Q3History
29IsraelISR69.352026-Q3History
30FranceFRA69.062026-Q2History
31CroatiaHRV69.032026-Q2History
32LuxembourgLUX68.942026-Q2History
33SpainESP67.572026-Q2History
34BelgiumBEL67.372026-Q2History
35GreeceGRC65.482026-Q2History
36ColombiaCOL64.802026-Q3History
37ChileCHL63.642026-Q3Estimated (E)History
38MexicoMEX63.182026-Q2History
39ItalyITA63.142026-Q2History
40RomaniaROU62.512026-Q2History
41Costa RicaCRI61.202026-Q3History
42TürkiyeTUR54.802026-Q2History
43South AfricaZAF39.772026-Q2History

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