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Employment rate (ages 15–64)

% of population ages 15–64 · Annual · 35 of 218 countries (16 %) · 2003–2025
World average (population-weighted)
68.6 %
across 34 countries, 2025
Latest observation
2025
Source updated
10 Sep 2026
CountryAtlas refreshed
11 Sep 2026
Snapshot 20260911T072322Z

World map

One value per country for the selected year. Hatched = no data.

No data available

Trend

Aggregate across the countries of a group, year by year. Computed by CountryAtlas from country values — no published aggregate is used.

Not enough countries to aggregate this indicator for World.

Highest and lowest

The five leaders and the five trailing countries, 2025.

Top 5

Bottom 5

Compare countries

Pick up to five countries. Defaults to the three largest economies with data.

No series for the selected countries.

Definition

Definition
Unit
% of population ages 15–64 (%)
Frequency
Annual
Aggregation
none · Higher is better
Valid range
0100

Sources & provenance

Every value on this page comes from one of these series, chosen per country by priority.

  1. Priority #1
    Eurostatlfsi_emp_aEMP_LFS.Y15-64.PC_POP.Tok
    35 countries · 584 obs. · → 2025 · CC BY 4.0

    Eurostat lfsi_emp_a — Employment and labour force by sex and age - annual data

    Open at source

Series-level selection: for each country the whole series comes from the highest-priority source that has any non-forecast value for it. If a lower-priority source is more than three years fresher, the freshest source wins instead. Non-chosen values are kept as alternatives, never discarded.

Countries without data

Typical reasons: the source does not survey small territories or micro-states; the statistical office reports with a lag of one to three years; the series is only compiled for member countries of the source organisation (OECD, EU, Eurostat); or a value exists but failed validation and is quarantined rather than shown.

Downloads & API

Every observation for this indicator, all countries and years, with provenance columns.

API example

One country, full history. Replace CAN by any ISO3 code or slug.

bash
curl -s "https://www.countryatlas.co/api/v1/series?country=CAN&indicator=employment-rate" | jq '.series[0] | {country: .country.name, unit, last: .stats.last, source: .provenance.source_name}'

API documentation