Country, group of countries Economically active population, thousand persons, 2022 Activity rate, percent
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Austria 4,577 71.3 70.7 71.6 71.7 69.4 71.4 72.4 73.5 73.9 74.3 74.4 74.6 75.1 75.5 75.4 75.5 76.2 76.4 76.8 77.1 76.6 77.2 77.8
Belgium 5,214 65.2 63.6 64.1 64.3 65.3 66.7 66.5 67.1 67.1 66.9 67.7 66.7 66.9 67.5 67.7 67.6 67.6 68.0 68.6 69.0 68.6 69.7 70.5
Bulgaria 3,191 61.6 63.4 62.5 61.7 62.8 62.1 64.5 66.3 67.8 67.2 66.7 65.9 67.1 68.4 69.0 69.3 68.7 71.3 71.5 73.2 72.2 72.0 73.6
Cyprus 467 68.9 70.7 70.9 72.2 72.7 72.4 73.0 73.9 73.6 73.0 73.6 73.5 73.5 73.6 74.3 73.9 73.4 73.9 75.0 76.0 75.8 76.7 78.2
Czechia 5,138 71.2 70.7 70.4 70.2 69.9 70.4 70.3 69.9 69.7 70.1 70.2 70.5 71.6 72.9 73.5 74.0 75.0 75.9 76.6 76.7 76.4 76.6 77.2
Denmark 3,000 80.0 79.2 79.9 79.4 80.2 79.8 80.6 80.1 79.3 78.7 78.0 77.8 77.2 76.6 76.6 76.9 77.5 77.9 78.2 79.1 79.0 79.6 80.4
Estonia 676 70.5 69.8 68.4 70.6 70.7 70.7 72.8 73.2 74.2 74.0 73.9 74.7 74.8 75.1 75.2 76.3 77.2 78.4 78.7 78.4 78.8 79.1 81.2
Finland 2,714 76.8 77.1 77.2 76.8 76.2 74.7 75.2 75.6 76.0 75.0 74.5 74.9 75.2 75.2 75.4 75.8 75.9 76.7 77.9 78.3 78.3 78.8 79.8
France 30,029 68.8 68.6 69.0 69.8 69.7 69.7 69.6 69.7 69.9 70.3 70.3 70.1 70.7 71.1 71.0 71.3 71.4 71.5 71.9 71.7 71.0 73.0 73.6
Greece 4,609 63.9 63.3 64.1 64.9 66.3 66.4 66.7 66.5 66.7 67.4 67.8 67.3 67.5 67.5 67.4 67.8 68.2 68.3 68.2 68.4 67.4 67.3 69.4
Netherlands 9,569 74.9 75.7 76.5 76.5 76.6 75.1 75.4 76.7 77.8 78.1 77.9 78.1 79.0 79.4 79.0 79.6 79.7 79.7 80.3 80.9 80.9 83.7 84.7
Croatia 1,797 .. .. 62.6 62.3 63.9 63.3 62.8 65.7 65.8 65.6 65.1 64.1 63.9 63.7 66.1 66.9 65.6 66.4 66.3 66.5 67.1 68.7 69.9
Ireland 2,563 67.5 67.7 68.0 68.2 68.7 70.8 71.9 75.6 74.8 73.0 71.6 71.2 71.1 71.8 71.8 72.1 72.7 72.7 72.9 73.3 71.9 74.6 76.7
Poland 16,795 66.1 66.0 64.9 64.0 63.7 64.4 63.4 63.2 63.8 64.7 65.3 65.7 66.5 67.0 67.9 68.1 68.8 69.6 70.1 70.6 71.0 72.8 73.5
Latvia 904 67.1 67.6 69.3 68.8 68.7 69.1 71.0 72.6 74.2 73.5 73.0 72.8 74.4 74.0 74.6 75.7 76.3 77.0 77.7 77.3 78.2 75.8 76.8
Lithuania 1,444 71.2 70.1 69.8 72.1 69.3 68.7 67.6 67.9 68.4 69.6 70.2 71.4 71.8 72.4 73.7 74.1 75.5 75.9 77.3 78.0 78.5 78.2 78.6
Luxembourg 324 64.2 64.1 65.3 64.6 65.8 66.6 66.7 66.9 66.8 68.7 68.2 67.9 69.4 69.9 70.8 70.9 70.0 70.2 71.1 72.0 72.2 73.2 73.5
Hungary 4,760 59.9 59.4 59.5 60.6 60.2 61.3 62.0 61.6 61.2 61.2 61.9 62.4 63.7 64.7 67.0 68.6 70.1 71.2 71.9 72.6 72.8 76.2 77.2
Malta 285 58.2 58.9 59.1 59.1 57.6 57.6 57.9 58.8 59.1 59.4 60.4 61.8 63.9 66.3 67.8 68.8 70.6 72.2 74.7 75.9 77.1 78.2 80.0
Germany 42,353 71.0 71.3 71.5 72.1 72.1 73.8 74.9 75.6 75.9 76.3 76.7 77.3 77.2 77.6 77.7 77.6 77.9 78.2 78.6 79.2 78.5 78.5 79.4
Italy 24,421 59.9 60.3 61.0 61.6 62.8 62.5 62.6 62.4 62.9 62.3 62.0 62.1 63.5 63.4 63.9 64.0 64.9 65.4 65.6 65.7 64.1 64.5 65.5
Portugal 5,010 71.1 71.8 72.6 72.8 72.6 73.2 73.6 73.9 73.9 73.4 73.7 73.6 73.4 73.0 73.2 73.4 73.7 74.7 75.1 75.5 74.3 75.2 76.4
Romania 8,191 69.6 68.3 64.2 63.4 63.9 62.3 63.6 63.0 62.9 63.1 64.9 64.1 64.8 64.9 65.7 66.1 65.6 67.3 67.8 68.6 69.2 65.6 66.8
Spain 23,088 65.1 64.4 66.4 67.8 68.7 70.0 71.1 71.8 72.7 73.1 73.5 73.9 74.3 74.3 74.2 74.3 74.2 73.9 73.7 73.8 72.2 73.7 74.0
Sweden 5,404 75.3 78.1 78.0 77.9 77.7 78.2 78.8 79.1 79.3 78.9 79.1 79.9 80.3 81.1 81.5 81.7 82.1 82.5 82.7 82.9 82.5 82.9 83.5
Slovakia 2,730 69.5 70.4 69.5 69.8 69.7 68.9 68.6 68.3 68.8 68.4 68.7 68.7 69.4 69.9 70.3 70.9 71.9 72.1 72.4 72.7 72.4 74.6 76.1
Slovenia 1,007 67.4 67.5 68.5 66.9 69.9 70.7 70.9 71.3 71.8 71.8 71.5 70.3 70.4 70.5 70.9 71.8 71.6 74.2 75.0 75.2 74.6 75.0 76.2
EU27_2020 210,260 .. .. 67.7 68.1 68.4 68.8 69.3 69.6 70.0 70.1 70.3 70.5 71.0 71.3 71.6 71.9 72.3 72.7 73.1 73.4 72.7 73.6 74.5
United Kingdom
32,631a
 75.2 74.9 75.0 75.1 75.0 75.4 75.7 75.5 75.8 75.7 75.4 75.5 76.1 76.4 76.7 76.9 77.3 77.6 77.9 78.1 .. .. ..
North Macedonia
940b
 .. .. .. .. .. .. 62.2 62.8 63.5 64.0 64.2 64.2 63.9 64.9 65.3 64.9 64.5 65.3 65.4 66.3 65.5 .. ..
Norway 2,824 80.7 80.5 80.6 78.9 78.7 78.3 78.0 78.8 80.0 78.9 78.1 77.8 78.2 78.2 78.0 78.2 78.0 77.3 77.9 78.3 78.2 79.9 80.4
Russia 73,489 70.9 69.5 70.1 69.9 71.1 71.5 72.0 72.9 73.2 73.0 72.7 72.8 73.0 72.8 73.1 73.4 74.2 74.2 74.6 74.2 74.2 75.3 75.7
Switzerland 4,753 80.5 81.2 81.3 81.3 81.0 80.9 81.2 81.6 82.3 82.5 81.3 82.0 82.3 82.4 82.9 83.3 83.9 84.0 84.2 84.3 84.1 83.7 83.1
Türkiye
30,077b
 .. .. .. .. .. .. 49.0 49.1 49.8 50.8 51.9 53.2 53.3 54.4 55.1 56.0 56.9 57.9 58.5 58.4 54.9 .. ..
Israel 4,079 69.5 69.3 68.4 68.9 69.4 69.8 70.3 70.9 70.8 70.8 71.1 70.9 73.0 73.1 73.7 73.7 73.7 73.7 73.6 73.3 71.7 71.8 73.6
Japan 59,750 72.5 72.6 72.3 72.3 72.3 72.7 73.2 73.7 73.8 74.0 74.0 73.8 73.9 74.8 75.6 76.0 76.9 77.6 78.8 79.6 79.7 80.0 80.6
Republic of Korea 25,430 64.8 65.3 66.0 65.8 66.7 66.7 66.7 66.7 66.4 65.8 66.1 66.4 66.7 67.0 68.2 68.8 69.0 69.6 69.6 69.8 68.9 69.4 70.9
United Statesc 153,382 77.2 76.8 76.4 75.8 75.4 75.4 75.5 75.3 75.3 74.6 73.9 73.3 73.1 72.8 72.7 72.6 73.0 73.3 73.6 74.1 73.0 73.4 74.0
Canada 19,766 76.2 76.3 77.4 78.2 78.1 77.7 77.9 78.3 78.5 78.2 78.0 78.0 78.2 78.4 78.1 78.2 78.3 78.7 78.7 79.2 77.7 79.4 79.8
Mexico 56,126 61.7 61.0 60.6 61.0 61.6 62.4 63.3 63.4 63.2 63.3 63.1 63.4 64.2 64.1 63.6 63.6 63.7 63.5 63.8 64.6 60.3 63.7 64.7
Australia 13,461 73.8 74.1 74.2 74.5 74.4 75.4 75.8 76.2 76.5 76.4 76.4 76.6 76.4 76.4 76.3 76.9 77.0 77.4 78.0 78.5 77.9 79.1 80.3
New Zealand 2,730 75.0 75.6 76.2 75.8 76.3 77.2 77.8 78.0 77.9 77.7 77.4 77.7 77.6 77.4 78.6 78.7 79.9 80.9 81.2 80.9 80.7 81.6 82.5

Footnotes

*Download date: 20 September 2023.
a2019.
b2020.
cData refer to the population aged 16–64.
Source: Eurostat (Luxembourg); ILOSTAT (ILO, Geneva)

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