Employment rate

The share of people aged 15 and over who have a job, and the share who have one or look for one.

The employment-to-population ratio is the share of people aged 15 and over who have a job. The labour force participation rate adds those who are looking for one. Unlike the unemployment rate, these shares also count people who have given up looking or who stay out of the labour market, such as students, pensioners and people caring for family. They are modelled estimates from the International Labour Organization (ILO), which fills the gaps in national labour force surveys. The World Bank republishes them.

• Economy
• Labour market
• Employment
• ILO
• Country
• Year