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Global Statistics for Labour Force

Female employment rate in EU, USA and Japan

The female employment rate is calculated by dividing the number of women aged 15 to 64 in employment by the total female population of the same age group. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey.

	% in employment 1995	% in employment 2005
European Union	49.7	56.3
Belgium	45.0	53.8
Bulgaria	:	51.7
Czech Republic	:	56.3
Denmark	66.7	71.9
Germany	55.3	59.6
Estonia	:	62.1
Ireland	41.6	58.3
Greece	38.1	46.1
Spain	31.7	51.2
France	52.1	57.6
Italy	35.4	45.3
Cyprus	:	58.4
Latvia	:	59.3
Lithuania	:	59.4
Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)	42.6	53.7
Hungary	:	51.0
Malta	:	33.7
Netherlands	53.8	66.4
Austria	59.0	62.0
Poland	:	46.8
Portugal	54.4	61.7
Romania	:	51.5
Slovenia	:	61.3
Slovakia	:	50.9
Finland	59.0	66.5
Sweden	68.8	70.4^(b)
United Kingdom	61.7	65.9
Croatia	:	48.6
Turkey	:	23.8
Iceland	:	80.5
Norway	:	71.7
Switzerland	:	70.4⁽ⁱ⁾
United States	65.8	65.6
Japan	56.4	58.1

Female employment rate for older workers in EU USA and Japan

The employment rate of older female workers is calculated by dividing the number of women aged 55 to 64 in employment by the total female population in the same age group. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey.

	% in employment 1995	% in employment 2005
European Union	25.3	33.7
Belgium	12.9	22.1
Bulgaria	:	25.5
Czech Republic	:	30.9
Denmark	35.9	53.5
Germany	27.1	37.5
Estonia	:	53.7
Ireland	18.6	37.3
Greece	24.1	25.8
Spain	17.5	27.4
France	25.6	35.2
Italy	13.5	20.8
Cyprus	:	31.5
Latvia	:	45.3
Lithuania	:	41.7
Luxembourg (Grand-Duché)	12.6	24.9
Hungary	:	26.7
Malta	:	12.4
Netherlands	18.3	35.2
Austria	18.2	22.9
Poland	:	19.7
Portugal	32.6	43.7
Romania	:	33.1
Slovenia	:	18.5
Slovakia	:	15.6
Finland	33.4	52.7
Sweden	59.2	66.7
United Kingdom	39.0	48.1
Croatia	:	23.8
Turkey	:	17.1
Iceland	:	79.6
Norway	:	60.1
Switzerland	:	55.4
United States	47.5	55.1
Japan	47.5	49.4

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Global Statistics for Labour Force

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