Paris, 22 January 2013
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OECD employment rate stable at 65.0% in third quarter of 2012, 1.5 percentage points below its pre-crisis level
The OECD area employment rate – defined as the share of people of working-age who are employed – was 65.0% in the third quarter of 2012, unchanged from the previous quarter and 0.2 percentage points higher than one year ago.
The Euro area employment rate, at 63.8%, was also unchanged from the previous quarter but 0.4 percentage points lower than one year ago. The employment rate was stable in the United States (at 67.1%, after having increased for four consecutive quarters) and rose in Japan (by 0.3 percentage points to 70.7%) after two quarters of stability. In contrast, the employment rate for Canada fell (by 0.2 percentage points to 72.1%) after two consecutive quarters of increase.
There are large disparities in employment rates of men (73.1%) and women (57.1%). Since the second quarter of 2008, the OECD employment rate has fallen by 2.6 percentage points for men and by only 0.5 percentage points for women. While this partly reflects larger increases in male unemployment, the main difference comes from divergences in labour force participation rates, which, over the period, fell by 0.7 percentage points for men but rose by 0.9 percentage points for women.
Adverse economic conditions tend to reduce labour force participation, as discouraged job seekers may withdraw from the labour market and, in the case of youth, postpone entry into the labour market. This effect has been pronounced among men, who were most severely hit by unemployment at the beginning of the crisis.
Methodological Notes: http://www.oecd.org/std/labourstatistics/50273955.pdf All rates and levels quoted are seasonally adjusted (s.a.).
New Quarterly Labour Market Statistics: http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=STLABOUR
Country Note: The statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.
Contacts: For further information readers are invited to contact the OECD's Media Relations Division on (33) 1 45 24 97 00 or e-mail [email protected]
For technical questions contact [email protected] Next release: 16 April 2013
63 65 67 69 71 73
Q2-2008 Q3-2008 Q4-2008 Q1-2009 Q2-2009 Q3-2009 Q4-2009 Q1-2010 Q2-2010 Q3-2010 Q4-2010 Q1-2011 Q2-2011 Q3-2011 Q4-2011 Q1-2012 Q2-2012 Q3-2012
* Note: statistical breaks in Q1-2011 and Q3-2011 Employment rates
Employment as a percentage of the working-age population
OECD Euro area Japan*
United States Canada
-5.0 -4.0 -3.0 -2.0 -1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
Women All
Men All
Women 15-24
Men 15-24
Women 25-54
Men 25-54
Women 55+
Men 55+
Q2-2008 to Q3-2012 OECD - Total
Change in employment rate Change in participation rate (1)
(1) Proportion of persons of working-age who are either employed or unemployed and actively looking for a job.
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Table 1: OECD Employment Rates and Levels (15-64), s.a.
Employment as a percentage of corresponding working age population and levels
Employment rates Levels
2008 2009 2010 2011 2008 2011 2012 Thousands
Q2 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q3 - 2012
OECD - Total 66.4 64.7 64.5 64.8 66.5 64.8 64.8 64.9 64.9 65.0 65.0 529,881 Major Seven 69.5 67.7 67.3 67.5 69.6 67.5 67.4 67.5 67.5 67.7 67.8 324,801 European Union 65.8 64.5 64.1 64.3 65.9 64.3 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 64.2 211,873 Euro area 65.9 64.5 64.1 64.3 65.9 64.4 64.2 64.1 63.9 63.8 63.8 138,224
Australia 73.2 72.0 72.4 72.7 73.3 72.8 72.7 72.4 72.4 72.5 72.3 11,130 Austria 72.1 71.6 71.7 72.1 72.2 72.1 72.2 72.2 72.4 72.5 72.7 4,123 Belgium 62.4 61.6 62.0 61.9 62.2 62.5 61.7 62.0 61.8 61.8 62.1 4,504 Canada 73.6 71.5 71.5 72.0 73.7 72.1 72.1 71.8 72.0 72.3 72.1 16,923 Chile 57.3 56.1 59.3 61.3 57.2 61.5 61.5 61.4 61.7 61.8 62.0 7,189 Czech Republic 66.6 65.4 65.0 65.7 66.7 65.7 65.8 65.9 66.1 66.5 66.8 4,826 Denmark 77.9 75.4 73.4 73.2 78.1 73.2 73.2 72.8 73.0 72.7 72.1 2,611 Estonia 69.8 63.6 61.0 65.1 70.1 64.5 66.2 66.0 66.6 67.3 67.8 607 Finland 71.1 68.7 68.2 69.0 71.2 69.0 69.1 69.4 69.4 69.4 69.5 2,436 France 64.8 64.0 63.9 63.9 64.8 63.9 63.8 63.9 63.8 63.8 63.9 25,543 Germany 70.1 70.3 71.1 72.5 69.8 72.5 72.7 73.1 72.5 72.8 73.0 39,314 Greece 61.9 61.3 59.6 55.6 62.0 56.2 55.0 53.7 52.9 51.4 50.4 3,658 Hungary 56.7 55.4 55.4 55.8 56.5 55.8 55.9 56.2 56.4 57.2 57.7 3,867 Iceland 83.6 78.3 78.2 78.5 84.4 79.3 77.7 78.6 78.5 80.2 80.3 162 Ireland 67.6 62.2 60.1 58.9 68.3 58.9 58.6 59.0 58.8 58.6 58.8 1,784 Israel 59.8 59.2 60.2 60.9 59.9 61.0 61.4 61.6 66.0 66.1 67.1 3,257 Italy 58.8 57.5 56.9 57.0 58.8 57.0 56.9 56.8 56.9 56.8 56.8 22,519 Japan 71.1 70.5 70.6 71.2 70.9 71.0 70.7 70.4 70.4 70.4 70.7 56,693 Korea 63.8 62.9 63.3 63.8 63.9 63.9 63.8 64.1 64.2 64.2 64.3 22,935 Luxembourg 63.4 65.2 65.2 64.6 64.0 64.3 64.6 64.1 64.7 66.0 66.3 236 Mexico 60.7 59.8 59.7 60.0 61.2 59.7 60.0 60.9 60.5 61.2 61.3 46,069 Netherlands 77.2 77.0 74.7 74.9 77.1 74.7 74.8 75.3 75.3 75.1 75.1 8,260 New Zealand 74.7 72.9 72.3 72.6 74.9 72.6 72.5 72.6 72.9 72.4 72.1 2,100 Norway 78.0 76.4 75.3 75.3 78.1 75.1 75.4 75.4 75.8 75.9 75.7 2,511 Poland 59.2 59.4 59.3 59.7 59.0 59.6 59.7 59.8 59.9 60.0 59.7 15,385 Portugal 68.2 66.3 65.6 64.2 68.5 64.7 64.4 63.0 62.5 62.3 61.9 4,351 Slovak Republic 62.3 60.2 58.8 59.5 62.0 59.7 59.6 59.3 60.0 59.9 59.8 2,319 Slovenia 68.6 67.5 66.2 64.4 68.1 64.4 64.3 64.4 64.8 63.7 63.6 900 Spain 64.4 59.8 58.6 57.7 64.9 58.3 57.4 56.8 56.3 55.7 55.0 17,014 Sweden 74.3 72.2 72.7 74.1 74.4 74.1 74.2 74.3 74.2 74.3 74.3 4,537 Switzerland 79.5 79.0 78.6 79.4 79.5 79.5 79.3 79.8 79.0 79.3 79.8 4,289 Turkey 44.9 44.2 46.3 48.4 45.1 48.1 48.5 48.7 48.5 48.7 48.5 24,020 United Kingdom 71.5 69.9 69.5 69.5 71.8 69.5 69.3 69.4 69.6 70.0 70.3 28,568 United States 70.9 67.6 66.7 66.6 71.2 66.5 66.6 66.8 67.0 67.1 67.1 135,240
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Table 2: OECD Employment Rates (15-64) by Gender, s.a.
Employment as a percentage of corresponding working age population
Women Men
2011 2008 2011 2012 2011 2008 2011 2012
Q2 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q2 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
OECD - Total 56.8 57.6 56.9 56.9 57.1 57.1 73.0 75.7 73.0 73.0 73.1 73.1 Major Seven 61.6 62.8 61.5 61.5 61.7 61.8 73.6 76.5 73.6 73.7 73.7 73.8 European Union 58.5 58.8 58.5 58.5 58.6 58.6 70.1 72.9 69.9 69.9 69.8 69.7 Euro area 58.2 58.4 58.2 58.1 58.1 58.2 70.3 73.4 70.0 69.8 69.5 69.4
Australia 66.7 66.9 66.6 66.6 66.6 66.6 78.7 79.8 78.3 78.2 78.3 78.0 Austria 66.5 65.8 66.7 66.9 67.3 67.4 77.8 78.7 77.7 78.0 77.8 78.0 Belgium 56.7 55.8 56.7 56.2 56.3 57.2 67.1 68.6 67.2 67.4 67.3 67.0 Canada 68.9 70.1 68.8 68.9 69.2 69.2 75.0 77.4 74.8 75.1 75.3 75.1 Chile 49.1 41.9 49.4 49.9 50.2 50.6 73.6 72.5 73.6 73.7 73.5 73.5 Czech Republic 57.3 57.8 57.5 57.7 58.1 58.5 74.0 75.4 74.2 74.3 74.7 74.9 Denmark 70.4 74.0 69.8 70.4 70.4 69.5 75.9 82.1 75.8 75.6 75.0 74.6 Estonia 62.8 66.3 63.7 64.6 65.4 64.9 67.7 74.3 68.5 68.8 69.4 70.9 Finland 67.4 69.0 67.9 68.1 68.2 68.5 70.6 73.4 70.8 70.6 70.5 70.4 France 59.7 60.2 60.0 59.9 59.9 59.9 68.2 69.6 67.9 67.8 67.9 68.0 Germany 67.7 64.0 68.1 67.6 67.9 68.1 77.4 75.6 78.0 77.4 77.6 77.8 Greece 45.1 48.8 43.8 43.1 42.0 41.2 65.9 75.3 63.6 62.6 60.6 59.6 Hungary 50.6 50.2 50.9 51.2 52.2 52.8 61.2 63.1 61.7 61.9 62.3 62.8 Iceland 76.6 79.8 75.0 76.0 78.3 78.1 80.3 88.7 82.2 80.9 82.0 82.5 Ireland 55.1 60.7 55.2 55.2 54.8 54.9 62.7 75.7 62.8 62.4 62.4 62.7 Israel 57.5 55.6 57.7 61.4 61.7 63.4 64.3 64.3 65.6 70.6 70.6 70.8 Italy 46.5 47.2 46.6 47.1 47.2 47.2 67.5 70.5 67.1 66.8 66.5 66.5 Japan 61.1 59.9 60.4 60.4 60.6 60.8 81.2 81.7 80.3 80.2 80.2 80.4 Korea 53.1 53.3 53.3 53.5 53.5 53.5 74.5 74.5 74.8 74.9 74.9 75.0 Luxembourg 56.9 55.3 56.9 57.6 59.0 59.9 72.1 72.3 71.2 71.5 72.8 72.6 Mexico 43.7 44.0 45.0 44.3 45.3 45.3 78.0 80.6 78.4 78.2 78.8 78.9 Netherlands 69.9 70.9 70.4 70.2 70.2 70.6 79.8 83.3 80.2 80.3 79.9 79.6 New Zealand 67.2 68.9 67.3 67.5 67.3 67.2 78.2 81.3 78.0 78.4 77.8 77.2 Norway 73.4 75.4 73.4 73.7 74.0 73.8 77.1 80.7 77.4 77.9 77.8 77.6 Poland 53.1 52.2 53.1 53.4 53.7 53.1 66.3 66.1 66.5 66.5 66.5 66.3 Portugal 60.4 62.8 59.5 59.2 59.0 59.0 68.2 74.3 66.6 65.8 65.6 65.0 Slovak Republic 52.7 54.3 52.4 53.0 53.1 52.8 66.3 69.6 66.1 67.0 66.8 66.8 Slovenia 60.9 63.3 61.2 62.0 60.1 59.9 67.7 72.7 67.4 67.5 67.2 67.1 Spain 52.0 55.2 51.4 51.3 50.9 50.3 63.2 74.3 62.1 61.3 60.4 59.6 Sweden 71.8 71.8 72.2 72.2 72.4 72.4 76.3 76.9 76.3 76.1 76.1 76.1 Switzerland 73.3 73.5 73.8 73.4 73.4 73.9 85.3 85.4 85.6 84.5 85.1 85.7 Turkey 27.8 23.5 28.3 28.3 28.5 28.3 69.2 67.2 69.4 68.8 69.1 68.9 United Kingdom 64.6 66.0 64.5 64.5 64.8 65.1 74.5 77.6 74.4 74.7 75.2 75.5 United States 62.0 65.7 61.9 62.1 62.2 62.2 71.4 76.9 71.7 72.1 72.1 72.2
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Table 3: OECD Employment Rates by Age, s.a.
Employment as a percentage of corresponding working age population
Youth (15-24) Prime-age workers (25-54) Older workers (55-64)
2008 2012 2008 2012 2008 2012
Q2 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q3
OECD - Total 42.8 39.1 39.3 39.3 77.2 75.6 75.6 75.6 54.1 55.1 55.4 55.6 Major Seven 46.5 41.9 42.0 42.0 79.8 77.9 78.0 78.0 57.3 58.0 58.2 58.5 European Union 37.6 33.1 32.9 32.7 79.5 77.4 77.3 77.2 45.6 48.2 48.7 49.2 Euro area 37.7 32.6 32.3 32.0 79.4 76.9 76.6 76.4 44.2 48.0 48.4 49.0
Australia 65.0 59.9 60.1 59.4 80.3 79.6 79.5 79.5 57.3 61.0 61.4 61.4 Austria 56.0 54.6 54.5 54.7 84.7 85.6 85.5 85.5 40.9 41.8 43.2 43.6 Belgium 27.2 25.5 25.2 25.0 80.5 79.1 79.0 79.6 32.9 38.6 40.5 40.1 Canada 59.7 54.6 54.8 54.2 82.4 81.1 81.3 81.4 57.9 59.8 60.1 59.7 Chile 27.5 31.2 31.5 31.1 70.1 74.5 74.4 74.8 55.6 61.6 62.4 63.1 Czech Republic 28.2 25.4 25.3 25.0 83.9 82.8 83.0 83.1 47.7 47.7 48.9 50.3 Denmark 67.4 54.7 55.5 55.0 87.3 82.4 81.8 81.7 58.8 60.8 60.8 60.1 Estonia 34.8 33.0 32.3 32.9 84.4 78.5 79.4 79.9 62.2 60.2 60.7 61.4 Finland 45.3 41.0 41.7 41.7 84.5 82.3 82.0 82.0 56.6 57.9 58.0 58.5 France 31.2 29.2 29.0 28.5 83.2 80.8 80.9 80.8 38.0 43.4 43.8 44.7 Germany 46.6 46.6 46.6 46.7 80.5 83.1 83.3 83.3 53.4 60.8 61.1 61.9 Greece 23.9 14.0 13.4 12.4 76.3 65.9 64.2 63.0 42.9 37.1 36.4 36.0 Hungary 20.0 18.1 18.1 18.5 74.3 74.0 74.6 75.2 31.0 35.8 37.2 37.5 Iceland 72.4 62.3 64.2 65.4 88.1 83.8 84.2 84.8 83.8 78.2 79.5 80.3 Ireland 47.2 27.1 27.8 28.8 77.9 69.3 69.2 69.5 53.7 49.1 49.1 48.7
Israel 74.2 76.5 76.8 77.4 58.8 63.2 63.5 62.2
Italy 24.6 18.9 18.9 18.6 73.5 70.8 70.4 70.1 34.4 39.3 40.1 40.7 Japan 41.9 37.7 38.2 39.2 80.1 80.3 80.5 80.4 66.6 65.4 65.1 65.4 Korea 24.4 23.9 24.3 24.3 74.3 74.7 74.7 74.9 60.6 63.1 63.2 62.9 Luxembourg 25.2 20.0 20.4 21.8 80.0 81.7 83.7 83.3 35.9 40.8 40.3 40.5 Mexico 44.6 42.3 43.3 43.4 70.4 70.4 70.8 70.8 54.5 54.7 55.3 55.2 Netherlands 69.2 63.6 63.2 63.2 86.8 84.3 84.0 83.8 52.7 57.7 58.4 58.9 New Zealand 56.8 50.3 50.9 49.9 82.1 80.4 79.7 79.5 71.9 74.5 74.4 73.8 Norway 58.1 52.3 52.5 52.0 86.8 84.7 84.9 84.6 69.1 70.6 70.9 71.0 Poland 27.1 24.9 24.9 24.2 77.1 77.2 77.2 77.1 31.9 37.8 38.3 38.7 Portugal 35.4 24.1 23.9 24.1 81.9 76.0 76.1 75.4 51.2 46.9 46.8 46.9 Slovak Republic 26.2 20.2 20.2 20.4 79.7 76.9 76.6 76.7 38.5 42.2 42.9 42.8 Slovenia 38.0 30.4 26.6 26.0 86.4 83.7 82.8 83.4 33.3 31.7 32.6 32.8 Spain 36.7 19.4 18.6 17.9 76.0 67.3 66.4 65.7 45.8 43.9 44.2 44.2 Sweden 42.3 39.9 39.9 39.9 86.5 86.1 86.2 86.1 70.4 72.8 73.2 73.3 Switzerland 62.4 61.4 61.3 62.7 87.2 86.4 86.6 86.8 68.4 69.6 70.1 71.2 Turkey 30.7 31.5 31.6 31.2 53.6 57.6 58.0 58.0 27.8 31.3 31.5 31.6 United Kingdom 52.8 46.1 46.7 46.8 81.6 80.2 80.4 80.6 58.2 57.2 58.0 58.2 United States 51.9 45.8 45.9 45.6 79.5 75.6 75.7 75.8 62.1 60.3 60.4 60.6
