CountryOECD - Total
FrequencyAnnual
Time20132014201520162017201820192020
SubjectUnit
ALFS Summary tables Information on itemLabour forceInformation on itemPersons, Thousands
(B) 632 256.4
(B) 637 206.0
(B) 642 795.0
(B) 649 849.5
(B) 655 608.1
(B) 662 780.0
(B) 669 073.9
(E) 656 470.3
Labour force, indexInformation on itemIndex, 2015=100
(B) 98.4
(B) 99.1
(B) 100.0
(B) 101.1
(B) 102.0
(B) 103.1
(B) 104.1
(E) 102.1
Labour force femalesInformation on itemPersons, Thousands
(B) 279 402.9
(B) 281 775.9
(B) 284 653.3
(B) 288 329.3
(B) 291 510.0
(B) 295 333.7
(B) 299 408.8
(E) 293 231.7
Labour force malesInformation on itemPersons, Thousands
(B) 352 848.2
(B) 355 424.8
(B) 358 138.2
(B) 361 518.9
(B) 364 101.4
(B) 367 446.9
(B) 369 664.0
(E) 363 238.2
EmploymentInformation on itemPersons, Thousands
(B) 581 940.1
(B) 589 797.3
(B) 598 632.1
(B) 607 899.5
(B) 616 755.3
(B) 626 390.5
(B) 632 877.9
(E) 609 729.3
Employment, indexInformation on itemIndex, 2015=100
(B) 97.2
(B) 98.5
(B) 100.0
(B) 101.5
(B) 103.0
(B) 104.6
(B) 105.7
(E) 101.9
Employment femalesInformation on itemPersons, Thousands
(B) 256 729.6
(B) 260 226.3
(B) 264 525.3
(B) 269 088.6
(B) 273 446.9
(B) 278 384.6
(B) 282 667.6
(E) 271 569.2
Employment females as % of employment Information on itemPercentage
(B) 44.1
(B) 44.1
(B) 44.2
(B) 44.3
(B) 44.3
(B) 44.4
(B) 44.7
(E) 44.5
Employment malesInformation on itemPersons, Thousands
(B) 325 216.0
(B) 329 578.3
(B) 334 116.8
(B) 338 812.9
(B) 343 307.6
(B) 348 007.7
(B) 350 210.2
(E) 338 159.1
Employment males as % of employment Information on itemPercentage
(B) 55.9
(B) 55.9
(B) 55.8
(B) 55.7
(B) 55.7
(B) 55.6
(B) 55.3
(E) 55.5
Employment in agricultureInformation on itemPersons, Thousands
(B) 31 346.2
(B) 30 945.7
(E) 30 803.4
(E) 30 492.0
(B) 30 790.6
(B) 30 608.8
(E) 30 080.6
..
Employment in agriculture, indexInformation on itemIndex, 2015=100
(E) 101.8
(E) 100.5
(E) 100.0
(E) 99.0
(E) 100.0
(E) 99.4
(E) 97.7
..
Employment in agriculture as % of employmentInformation on itemPercentage
(B) 5.4
(B) 5.2
(E) 5.1
(E) 5.0
(B) 5.0
(B) 4.9
(E) 4.8
..
Employment in industryInformation on itemPersons, Thousands....
(E) 132 698.4
(E) 134 098.2
(E) 136 099.3
(E) 138 323.7
(E) 138 307.5
..
Employment in industry, indexInformation on itemIndex, 2015=100....
(E) 100.0
(E) 101.1
(E) 102.6
(E) 104.2
(E) 104.2
..
Employment in industry as % of employmentInformation on itemPercentage....
(E) 22.2
(E) 22.1
(E) 22.1
(E) 22.1
(E) 21.9
..
Employment in servicesInformation on itemPersons, Thousands....
(E) 435 060.8
(E) 443 231.7
(E) 449 763.3
(E) 457 342.8
(E) 464 384.8
..
Employment in services, indexInformation on itemIndex, 2015=100....
(E) 100.0
(E) 101.9
(E) 103.4
(E) 105.1
(E) 106.7
..
Employment in services as % of employmentInformation on itemPercentage....
(E) 72.7
(E) 72.9
(E) 72.9
(E) 73.0
(E) 73.4
..
UnemploymentInformation on itemPersons, Thousands
(B) 50 305.3
(B) 47 392.0
(B) 44 149.2
(B) 41 948.0
(B) 38 852.9
(B) 36 388.5
(B) 36 194.4
(E) 46 740.3
Rate of Unemployment as % of Labour ForceInformation on itemPercentage
(B) 8.0
(B) 7.4
(B) 6.9
(B) 6.5
(B) 5.9
(B) 5.5
(B) 5.4
(E) 7.1
Females unemployment % of fem lab forceInformation on itemPercentage
(B) 8.1
(B) 7.7
(B) 7.1
(B) 6.7
(B) 6.2
(B) 5.7
(B) 5.6
(E) 7.4
Males unemployment % of mal lab forceInformation on itemPercentage
(B) 7.8
(B) 7.3
(B) 6.7
(B) 6.3
(B) 5.7
(B) 5.3
(B) 5.3
(E) 6.9
Legend:
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Data extracted on 07 Jul 2021 13:55 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat