Economic Outlook No 117 — Trend employment rate, as a percentage of population aged 15-74 by country
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What the numbers show
Economic Outlook No 117 — Trend employment rate, as a percentage of population aged 15-74 is currently reported for 38 countries. The highest value is 99.9 in Luxembourg; the lowest is 58.84 in Belgium.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.08, and the mean is 68.22.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Economic Outlook No 117 — Trend employment rate, as a percentage of: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luxembourg | 99.9 | 2026 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 1 | Netherlands | 77 | 2026 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 2 | Switzerland | 78.94 | 2026 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 2 | Estonia | 70.73 | 2026 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 2 | Croatia | 60.27 | 2026 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 3 | Japan | 77.33 | 2026 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 3 | Lithuania | 69.5 | 2026 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 4 | Iceland | 75.44 | 2026 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Slovenia | 69.18 | 2026 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 74.69 | 2026 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 5 | Latvia | 66.34 | 2026 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 6 | Denmark | 73.9 | 2026 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 6 | Poland | 60.69 | 2026 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 73.17 | 2026 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 51.72 | 2026 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 72.9 | 2026 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 71.61 | 2026 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 10 | Ireland | 70.36 | 2026 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 11 | Australia | 70.14 | 2026 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 12 | Israel | 69.88 | 2026 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Austria | 68.33 | 2026 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 14 | Norway | 68.3 | 2026 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 67.15 | 2026 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 16 | United States of America | 67 | 2026 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 17 | Hungary | 66.86 | 2026 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 18 | Czechia | 66.64 | 2026 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 19 | Finland | 66.33 | 2026 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 20 | Greece | 66.23 | 2026 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 21 | OECD | 65.83 | 2026 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 65.81 | 2026 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 23 | Portugal | 65.26 | 2026 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 62.89 | 2026 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 25 | France | 62.01 | 2026 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 26 | Chile | 61.39 | 2026 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 27 | Spain | 60.15 | 2026 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 28 | Romania | 59.93 | 2026 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 29 | Italy | 59.79 | 2026 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 58.84 | 2026 | up 5.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 67.9
- Slovak Republic 58.16
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. OECD (2025), OECD Economic Outlook No 117 (Edition 2025/1) EO117 Database documentation EO117 Last historical points gdp inflation cpi population unemployment real gdp gdp per capita employment OECD Economic Outlook website: https://www.oecd.org/economic-outlook/ Contact : eco.outlook@oecd.org Keywords : Outlook, forecasts, forecast, GDP