Economic Outlook No 114 — Trend employment coefficient by country
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What the numbers show
Economic Outlook No 114 — Trend employment coefficient is currently reported for 29 countries. The highest value is 1.75 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.9844 in Belgium.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.04, and the mean is 1.07.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 4.3%), and the largest decrease in Romania (down 3.8%).
Economic Outlook No 114 — Trend employment coefficient: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 1.75 | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 2 | Greece | 1.2 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 1.11 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 1.1 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 5 | Italy | 1.1 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 6 | Romania | 1.1 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 7 | Switzerland | 1.1 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 8 | Germany | 1.07 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 9 | Israel | 1.07 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 10 | France | 1.06 | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 11 | Finland | 1.06 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 12 | Austria | 1.05 | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 13 | Czechia | 1.05 | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 14 | United States of America | 1.04 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 15 | Norway | 1.04 | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 16 | Portugal | 1.02 | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 17 | Hungary | 1.02 | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 18 | Spain | 1.01 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 19 | Sweden | 1 | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Ireland | 1 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 21 | Japan | 1 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Australia | 1 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Iceland | 1 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Chile | 1 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | Canada | 1 | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 21 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1 | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 27 | Mexico | 0.9955 | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 28 | New Zealand | 0.9873 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 29 | Belgium | 0.9844 | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Slovenia 1.1
- Croatia 1.05
- Netherlands 1.06
- Korea 0.9997
- Lithuania 1.02
- Slovak Republic 0.9329
- Poland 1.01
- Türkiye 1
- Estonia 0.9877
About this data
The OECD Economic Outlook presents the OECD’s analysis of the major global economic trends and prospects for the next two years. The Outlook puts forward a consistent set of projections for output, employment, government spending, prices and current balances based on a review of each member country and of the induced effect on each of them on international developments. EO114 Database inventory EO114 Last historical points OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact: eco.outlook@oecd.org