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Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): European Union (EU)

The latest reading SOTW holds for European Union (EU) is 71.14% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.

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

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
71.14
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
Previous
71.15
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
61.87
% of population in subgroup · 2005-Q1
Readings shown
86
Every reading SOTW holds

European Union (EU) · history

% of population in subgroup · Quarterly

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:21:11.402Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): European Union (EU): 86 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of population in subgroup)
2026-Q271.14
2026-Q171.15
2025-Q471.10
2025-Q371.03
2025-Q270.95
2025-Q170.92
2024-Q470.84
2024-Q370.81
2024-Q270.71
2024-Q170.60
2023-Q470.55
2023-Q370.44
2023-Q270.41
2023-Q170.23
2022-Q470.03
2022-Q369.89
2022-Q269.77
2022-Q169.58
2021-Q469.20
2021-Q368.78
2021-Q267.96
2021-Q167.46
2020-Q467.15
2020-Q366.59
2020-Q265.96
2020-Q168.10
2019-Q468.28
2019-Q368.02
2019-Q267.97
2019-Q167.81
2018-Q467.46
2018-Q367.34
2018-Q267.07
2018-Q166.84
2017-Q466.62
2017-Q366.32
2017-Q266.07
2017-Q165.74
2016-Q465.43
2016-Q365.15
2016-Q264.89
2016-Q164.66
2015-Q464.35
2015-Q364.10
2015-Q263.79
2015-Q163.59
2014-Q463.34
2014-Q363.20
2014-Q263.01
2014-Q162.82
2013-Q462.76
2013-Q362.62
2013-Q262.59
2013-Q162.54
2012-Q462.64
2012-Q362.73
2012-Q262.77
2012-Q162.83
2011-Q462.90
2011-Q362.94
2011-Q263.04
2011-Q162.97
2010-Q462.90
2010-Q362.87
2010-Q262.76
2010-Q162.69
2009-Q462.72
2009-Q362.85
2009-Q263.02
2009-Q163.33
2008-Q464.69
2008-Q364.93
2008-Q264.90
2008-Q164.87
2007-Q464.65
2007-Q364.46
2007-Q264.24
2007-Q163.96
2006-Q463.64
2006-Q363.40
2006-Q263.06
2006-Q162.77
2005-Q462.48
2005-Q362.20
2005-Q262.04
2005-Q161.87

Source: OECD. All 86 readings held, 2005-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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