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Economic Outlook No 116 — Employment coefficient by country

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...

Countries reporting
24
Highest
1.75
Luxembourg
Lowest
0.9846
Belgium
Median
1.05
Years covered
42
1985–2026
Data points
1,198

What the numbers show

Economic Outlook No 116 — Employment coefficient is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 1.75 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 0.9846 in Belgium.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.05, and the mean is 1.08.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 4.6%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 5.6%).

Economic Outlook No 116 — Employment coefficient: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Luxembourg 1.75 2026 up 4.6% rising
2 Bulgaria 1.19 2026 up 3.9% flat
3 Greece 1.15 2026 down 5.6% rising
4 Denmark 1.1 2026 up 2.5% rising
5 Italy 1.1 2026 up 0.3% rising
6 Romania 1.1 2026 down 2.2% falling
7 Switzerland 1.09 2026 up 1.4% flat
8 Germany 1.08 2026 down 0.2% flat
9 Israel 1.06 2026 down 1.5% flat
10 France 1.06 2026 up 1.2% rising
11 United States of America 1.05 2026 up 2.5% flat
12 Austria 1.05 2026 up 2.1% flat
13 Finland 1.05 2026 up 0.2% rising
14 Czechia 1.04 2026 down 0.9% flat
15 Sweden 1.04 2026 up 1.7% flat
16 Norway 1.04 2026 up 1.4% flat
17 Portugal 1.03 2026 down 2.2% flat
18 Hungary 1.01 2026 up 2.4% flat
19 Spain 1.01 2026 down 2.6% falling
20 Japan 1 2026 unchanged flat
21 Ireland 0.9996 2026 down 0.0% flat
22 New Zealand 0.9937 2026 up 0.9% rising
23 Mexico 0.9931 2026 up 1.4% falling
24 Belgium 0.9846 2026 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.

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Indicator
Economic Outlook No 116 — Employment coefficient
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
33 places, 1,198 data points, 1985–2026
Last refreshed

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. OECD (2024), OECD Economic Outlook No 116 (Edition 2024/2) EO116 Database documentation EO116 Last historical points OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact: eco.outlook@oecd.org