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22. Employment rate, unemployment rate of poplulation aged 15–64 and the inactive population aged 15–64 as a percentage of the population in the countries of the European Union, 2nd Quarter of 2000, 2nd Quarter of 2009
Countries Employment rate (%) Unemployment rate (%) Inactive population as a percentage of the population (%)
2000. II. 2009. II. 2000. II. 2009. II. 2000. II. 2009. II.
Austria 68.5 71.7 3.1 4.7 29.3 24.7
Belgium 60.9 61.5 6.6 7.5 34.8 33.6
Denmark 76.4 76.2 4.5 6.1 20.0 18.9
United Kingdom 71.0 69.6 5.6 7.7 24.8 24.5
Finland 68.1 69.8 11.2 9.7 23.2 22.7
Francea)a) 61.7 64.6 10.3 8.8 31.2 29.2
Greece 56.6 61.6 11.5 9.0 36.1 32.3
Netherlands 72.9 77.0 2.7 3.3 25.1 20.3
Ireland 64.5 62.2 4.4 12.1 32.5 29.2
Luxembourg 62.7 65.7 2.4 5.1 35.8 30.8
Germany 65.3 70.8 8.0 7.8 29.0 23.2
Italy 53.4 57.9 11.0 7.5 40.1 37.4
Portugal 68.2 66.7 4.0 9.6 28.9 26.2
Spain 56.1 59.9 13.9 18.0 34.9 26.9
Sweden 71.1 72.7 5.5 9.3 24.7 19.8
EU–15 63.2 66.0 8.5 9.0 31.0 27.4
Cyprus 65.4 70.2 5.1 5.3 31.1 25.9
Czech Republic 64.9 65.4 8.8 6.4 28.8 30.1
Estonia 60.3 63.8 13.4 13.6 30.4 26.2
Poland 55.1 59.3 16.6 8.0 33.9 35.6
Latvia 57.4 61.4 14.5 17.2 32.9 25.9
Lithuania 59.6 60.3 16.3 13.7 28.8 30.0
Hungary 55.7 55.6 6.6 9.6 40.4 38.5
Malta 54.5 54.9 6.4 7.0 41.8 41.0
Slovakia 56.3 60.4 19.1 11.3 30.5 31.9
Slovenia 62.7 67.6 7.1 5.7 32.6 28.3
EU–25 62.2 65.1 9.3 9.0 31.4 28.5
Bulgaria 51.5 63.3 16.4 6.4 38.4 32.4
Romania 64.2 59.2 7.7 6.6 30.4 36.6
EU–27 62.1 64.8 9.4 8.9 31.5 28.9
a)In year 2000 annual data. 

© Hungarian Central Statistical Office, 2008