Employment rate in developed economies 2024

Of the major developed economies, Japan had the highest employment rate in the first quarter of 2024, with 79 percent of the working age population engaged in paid employment. This is perhaps not surprising, given the country's famously low fertility rate. In the same quarter, France reported the lowest employment rate at 68.7.

Employment rate in major developed countries from 2nd quarter 2017 to 2nd quarter 2024

Characteristic	Euro-Zone	Germany*	France	Japan	United Kingdom	United States
Q2 2024	70.6%	-	-	79.3%	74.5%	71.9%
Q1 2024	70.3%	77.4%	68.7%	79.14%	74.5%	71.98%
Q4 2023	70.21%	77.34%	68.4%	79.25%	75%	71.97%
Q3 2023	70.03%	77.32%	68.38%	79.02%	74.8%	72.01%
Q2 2023	70.2%	77.45%	68.59%	78.89%	75.2%	71.96%
Q1 2023	69.92%	77.37%	68.45%	78.61%	75.28%	71.78%
Q4 2022	69.6%	77.16%	68.25%	78.57%	75.19%	71.41%
Q3 2022	69.37%	76.87%	68.38%	78.61%	74.97%	71.4%
Q2 2022	69.45%	76.88%	68.11%	78.54%	75.02%	71.27%
Q1 2022	69.16%	76.66%	67.83%	78.09%	75.14%	70.96%
Q4 2021	68.69%	76.32%	67.74%	77.94%	75%	70.56%
Q3 2021	68.27%	76.13%	67.66%	78.01%	74.88%	69.75%
Q2 2021	67.67%	75.28%	67.13%	77.8%	74.59%	68.91%
Q1 2021	66.66%	74.61%	66.46%	77.77%	74.25%	68.42%
Q4 2020	67.14%	74.66%	66.4%	77.48%	74.17%	67.89%
Q3 2020	66.83%	74.11%	65.88%	77.17%	74.53%	66.38%
Q2 2020	66.64%	74.14%	65.42%	77.08%	75.32%	62.4%
Q1 2020	68.27%	74.52%	66.76%	78.07%	75.95%	71.37%
Q4 2019	68.53%	75.79%	66.69%	78.1%	76.1%	71.7%
Q3 2019	68.47%	75.64%	66.14%	77.93%	75.69%	71.46%
Q2 2019	68.79%	75.63%	66.46%	77.7%	75.76%	71.18%
Q1 2019	68.38%	75.65%	66.26%	77.52%	75.73%	71.06%
Q4 2018	68.08%	75.12%	66.27%	77.38%	75.52%	70.98%
Q3 2018	68%	75.06%	66.26%	77.03%	75.26%	70.73%
Q2 2018	67.77%	74.7%	66.12%	76.92%	75.27%	70.65%
Q1 2018	67.46%	74.78%	65.93%	76.44%	75.3%	70.49%
Q4 2017	67.26%	74.5%	65.95%	75.84%	74.94%	70.29%
Q3 2017	67.02%	74.41%	65.56%	75.53%	74.79%	70.27%
Q2 2017	66.77%	74.09%	65.69%	75.2%	74.9%	70.06%
Q1 2017	66.44%	74.01%	65.04%	74.92%	74.57%	69.8%

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Release date

September 2024

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Region

Worldwide, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States, EU

Survey time period

Q1 2017 to Q2 2024

Age group

15-64 years

Special properties

Calendar and seasonally adjusted

Supplementary notes

Q1 2024 figures were only available for Japan and the United States.
Employment rates are calculated as the ratio of the employed to the working age population. Employed people are those aged 15 or over who report that they have worked in gainful employment for at least one hour in the previous week or who had a job but were absent from work during the reference week. The working age population refers to people aged 15 to 64.

*Estimates.

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