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DEFINITION:
Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Iceland | 71.2 | 2008 | ||
2 | New Zealand | 62.7 | 2008 | ||
3 | Norway | 62.3 | 2008 | ||
=4 | Canada | 61.2 | 2008 | ||
=4 | Switzerland | 61.2 | 2008 | ||
6 | Denmark | 60.3 | 2008 | ||
7 | Australia | 59.4 | 2008 | ||
8 | Netherlands | 59.3 | 2008 | ||
9 | United States | 59.2 | 2008 | ||
10 | Ireland | 57.8 | 2008 | ||
11 | Sweden | 57.6 | 2008 | ||
12 | United Kingdom | 56.3 | 2008 | ||
13 | Portugal | 55.7 | 2008 | ||
14 | Finland | 54.7 | 2008 | ||
=15 | Estonia | 54.5 | 2008 | ||
=15 | Austria | 54.5 | 2008 | ||
17 | Czech Republic | 54.3 | 2008 | ||
18 | Japan | 54.2 | 2008 | ||
19 | Slovenia | 54.1 | 2008 | ||
20 | Slovakia | 52.6 | 2008 | ||
21 | Germany | 51.7 | 2008 | ||
22 | Luxembourg | 51.2 | 2008 | ||
23 | Israel | 50.4 | 2008 | ||
24 | Chile | 49.6 | 2008 | ||
25 | Spain | 48.6 | 2008 | ||
26 | Greece | 48.4 | 2008 | ||
27 | Poland | 48.2 | 2008 | ||
28 | France | 47.9 | 2008 | ||
29 | Belgium | 46.5 | 2008 | ||
30 | Italy | 43.6 | 2008 |