List of sovereign states by employment rate

This is a list of countries by employment rate, the proportion of employed adults at working age. The definition of "working age" varies: Many sources, including the OECD, use 15–64 years old,^[1] but EUROSTAT uses 20–64 years old,^[2] the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 16 years old and older (no cut-off at 65 and up),^[3] and the Office for National Statistics of the United Kingdom uses 16–64 years old.^[4]

List

Employment rate by country

Country	Rate (%)	Ages	Year	Source
Iceland	86.9	15–64	2023	OECD[5]
Netherlands	80.8	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Switzerland	80.1	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
New Zealand *	79.2	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Japan	78.0	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Norway	77.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Germany	76.8	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Denmark *	76.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Sweden *	76.0	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
United Kingdom *	75.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Australia *	75.3	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
China *	75.1	15–64	2010	OECD[1]
Czech Republic	75.0	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Estonia *	75.0	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Canada *	74.7	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Hungary *	73.9	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Malta *	73.8	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Finland *	73.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Lithuania	73.4	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Austria	73.3	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Ireland	72.4	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Slovenia	72.4	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Russia *	72.2	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Portugal *	71.0	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Poland *	70.9	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
United States *	70.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Slovakia *	70.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Latvia	70.2	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Cyprus	69.9	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Luxembourg	69.4	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
OECD Average	68.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Bulgaria *	68.5	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Israel	68.2	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
France *	67.7	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
South Korea *	67.2	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Belgium *	66.0	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Indonesia	65.9	15–64	2019	OECD[1]
Romania	65.6	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Spain *	63.8	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Croatia *	62.0	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Mexico *	61.9	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Albania	60.6	15–64	2020	INSTAT[7]
Chile *	60.2	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Italy	59.4	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Greece *	59.2	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Costa Rica	58.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Colombia	57.9	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
Brazil *	56.7	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
North Macedonia	54.7	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Turkey *	51.7	15–64	2021	OECD[6]
India *	49.0	15–64	2020	OECD[1]
Moldova	47.6	15–64	Q2, 2021	Moldova National Bureau of Statistics[8]
Serbia	47.4	15–64	2019	Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia[9]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	43.0	15–64	2017	Agency of Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina[10]
Kosovo	40.2	15–64	Q3, 2016	Kosovo Agency of Statistics[11]
South Africa *	36.5	15–64	2021	OECD[6]

For comparability purposes, this article uses OECD statistics (where available).

* indicates "Unemployment in COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

See also

• List of U.S. states by employment rate
• List of countries by unemployment rate
• Female labor force in the Muslim world