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1378. Civilian Employment-Population Ratio by Sex and Country

Civilian employment as a percent of the civilian working age population.Data based on U.S. labor force definitions (see source) except that minimum age for population base varies as follows: United States, France, Sweden, and beginning 1980, United Kingdom, 16 years; Australia, Canada, Japan, Netherlands, Germany, Italy beginning 1993, and United Kingdom for 1970, 15 years; andItaly, prior to 1993, 14 years]
 
Women Women Women Women Men Men Men Men
COUNTRY
1970 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 1970 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
 
United States 40.8 47.7 50.4 1 54.3 53.7 53.8 54.1 1 55.3 55.6 56.0 56.8 57.1 57.4 76.2 72.0 70.9 1 72.0 70.4 69.8 70.0 1 70.4 70.8 70.9 71.3 71.6 71.6
Canada 36.1 1 46.3 48.8 53.7 52.7 52.0 51.6 51.9 52.3 52.1 52.7 53.8 54.6 73.4 1 72.8 68.6 69.9 66.8 65.0 64.6 65.2 65.5 65.0 65.5 65.9 66.8
Australia 39.3 41.9 42.9 49.3 48.1 47.7 47.6 48.6 50.3 50.4 50.3 50.8 51.2 83.2 75.1 70.4 71.2 68.0 66.4 65.9 67.0 68.1 67.9 67.5 67.8 68.0
Japan 48.2 45.7 46.3 48.0 48.6 48.7 48.3 48.0 47.7 47.7 47.9 47.4 2 46.7 80.5 77.9 75.9 75.4 75.8 76.1 75.9 75.4 75.0 74.9 74.9 73.9 2 73.0
France 38.1 40.3 40.5 41.6 41.6 41.5 41.2 41.1 41.1 41.0 41.0 41.4 (NA) 76.3 68.9 62.4 61.3 60.7 59.3 57.7 57.1 57.1 56.9 56.6 57.1 (NA)
Germany 3 38.1 38.9 1 37.6 40.9 1 44.5 43.6 43.0 42.5 42.7 42.9 42.9 43.6 (NA) 78.4 69.6 1 65.8 65.6 1 67.8 66.3 64.9 64.0 63.4 62.4 61.7 61.4 (NA)
Italy 25.0 27.9 27.8 1 29.2 1 29.7 29.7 1 28.5 28.1 28.0 28.3 28.5 29.0 29.7 71.9 66.0 62.5 1 60.0 1 60.6 59.8 1 58.9 57.4 56.5 56.1 56.3 56.0 56.1
Netherlands (NA) 31.0 33.4 38.9 40.5 42.3 43.0 43.9 44.1 45.7 47.2 48.7 (NA) (NA) 74.1 67.6 66.9 66.5 67.2 66.8 65.9 66.4 66.5 68.1 70.8 (NA)
Sweden 49.1 58.0 59.7 1 61.8 60.6 58.4 55.5 54.3 54.7 53.9 53.0 53.4 2 54.6 77.4 73.6 70.5 1 70.6 69.2 65.7 61.6 61.0 62.1 61.6 61.0 62.1 2 63.1
United Kingdom 41.2 44.8 44.7 49.8 49.1 48.9 48.8 48.9 49.6 50.1 50.6 51.0 (NA) 79.2 72.8 67.3 70.3 67.8 65.3 64.2 64.6 65.5 65.6 66.6 66.9 (NA)


NA Not available.
1 Break in series. Data not comparable with prior years.
2 Preliminary.
3 Data for 1970 through 1990 are for former West Germany (prior to unification);later data are for unified Germany.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, Ten Countries, 1959-1999, April 2000, and MonthlyLabor Review.

http://stats.bls.gov/flshome.htm

https://allcountries.org/uscensus/1378_civilian_employment_population_ratio_by_sex.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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