7.2.1. Economic activity of population aged 15–64 (2000–)*(2/2)

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Countries Economically active population, thousand, 2019 Activity rate, percent
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Austria 4 484 74.4 74.6 75.1 75.5 75.4 75.5 76.2 76.4 76.8 77.1
Belgium 5 044 67.7 66.7 66.9 67.5 67.7 67.6 67.6 68.0 68.6 69.0
Bulgaria 3 276 66.7 65.9 67.1 68.4 69.0 69.3 68.7 71.3 71.5 73.2
Cyprus 435 73.6 73.5 73.5 73.6 74.3 73.9 73.4 73.9 75.0 76.0
Czechia 5 259 70.2 70.5 71.6 72.9 73.5 74.0 75.0 75.9 76.6 76.7
Denmark 2 930 78.0 77.8 77.2 76.6 76.6 76.9 77.5 77.9 78.2 79.1
Estonia 665 73.9 74.7 74.8 75.1 75.2 76.7 77.5 78.8 79.1 78.9
Finland 2 669 74.5 74.9 75.2 75.2 75.4 75.8 75.9 76.7 77.9 78.3
France 29 246 70.3 70.1 70.7 71.1 71.0 71.3 71.4 71.5 71.9 71.7
Greece 4 634 67.8 67.3 67.5 67.5 67.4 67.8 68.2 68.3 68.2 68.4
Netherlands 8 993 77.9 78.1 79.0 79.4 79.0 79.6 79.7 79.7 80.3 80.9
Croatia 1 768 65.1 64.1 63.9 63.7 66.1 66.9 65.6 66.4 66.3 66.5
Ireland 2 358 71.6 71.2 71.1 71.8 71.8 72.1 72.7 72.7 72.9 73.3
Poland 16 650 65.3 65.7 66.5 67.0 67.9 68.1 68.8 69.6 70.1 70.6
Latvia 931 73.0 72.8 74.4 74.0 74.6 75.7 76.3 77.0 77.7 77.3
Lithuania 1 416 70.2 71.4 71.8 72.4 73.7 74.1 75.5 75.9 77.3 78.0
Luxembourg 304 68.2 67.9 69.4 69.9 70.8 70.9 70.0 70.2 71.1 72.0
Hungary 4 595 61.9 62.4 63.7 64.7 67.0 68.6 70.1 71.2 71.9 72.6
Malta 259 60.4 61.8 63.9 66.3 67.8 68.8 70.6 72.2 74.7 75.9
Germany 42 427 76.7 77.3 77.2 77.6 77.7 77.6 77.9 78.2 78.6 79.2
Italy 25 254 62.0 62.1 63.5 63.4 63.9 64.0 64.9 65.4 65.6 65.7
Portugal 4 987 73.7 73.6 73.4 73.0 73.2 73.4 73.7 74.7 75.1 75.5
Romania 8 761 64.9 64.1 64.8 64.9 65.7 66.1 65.6 67.3 67.8 68.6
Spain 22 804 73.5 73.9 74.3 74.3 74.2 74.3 74.2 73.9 73.7 73.8
Sweden 5 310 79.1 79.9 80.3 81.1 81.5 81.7 82.1 82.5 82.7 82.9
Slovakia 2 702 68.7 68.7 69.4 69.9 70.3 70.9 71.9 72.1 72.4 72.7
Slovenia 1 015 71.5 70.3 70.4 70.5 70.9 71.8 71.6 74.2 75.0 75.2
EU27_2020 209 175 70.3 70.5 71 71.3 71.6 71.9 72.3 72.7 73.1 73.4
United Kingdom 32 631 75.4 75.5 76.1 76.4 76.7 76.9 77.3 77.6 77.9 78.1
EU28 241 806 71.0 71.1 71.7 72.0 72.3 72.5 72.9 73.3 73.7 74.0
Euro area–19 160 626 71.3 71.5 72.0 72.2 72.3 72.5 72.8 73.1 73.4 73.6
North Macedonia 955 64.2 64.2 63.9 64.9 65.3 64.9 64.5 65.3 65.4 66.3
Norway 2 719 78.1 77.8 78.2 78.2 78.0 78.2 78.0 77.3 77.9 78.3
Russia 73 866a 72.7 72.8 73.0 72.8 73.1 73.4 74.1a 74.2a 74.6a 74.1a
Switzerland 4 742 81.3 82.0 82.3 82.4 82.9 83.3 83.9 84.0 84.2 84.3
Turkey 31 648 51.9 53.2 53.3 54.4 55.1 56.0 56.9 57.9 58.5 58.4
Israel 3 885 71.1 70.9 71.5 71.6 72.2 72.2 72.1 72.1 72.0 71.7
Japan 59 800 74.0 73.8 73.9 74.8 75.5 75.9 76.8 77.6 78.9 79.6
Republic of Korea 25 464 65.9 66.2 66.5 66.8 68.0 68.8 69.0 69.6 69.6 69.8
United Statesb 152 870 73.9 73.3 73.3 72.8 72.7 72.6 72.9 73.3 73.6 74.1
Canada 19 254 77.8 77.8 77.8 78.0 77.8 78.0 78.1 78.5 78.4 79.0
Mexico 53 905 63.1 63.4 64.1 64.1 63.6 63.6 63.6 63.4 63.7 64.5
Australia 12 973 76.4 76.6 76.4 76.4 76.3 76.9 76.9 77.5 78.0 78.5
New Zealand 2 570 77.1 77.3 77.1 77.5 78.7 78.7 79.9 80.9 81.1 80.9
*Source: Eurostat (Luxembourg); ILOSTAT (ILO, Geneva).  aIncludes statistical data for the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.  bData refer to the population aged 16–64.  Revised data 

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