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This is a list of countries by employment rate, the proportion of employed adults at working age. The definition of "working age" varies: Many sources, including the OECD, use 15–64 years old, [1] but EUROSTAT uses 20–64 years old, [2] the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 16 years old and older (no cut-off at 65 and up), [3] and the Office for National Statistics of the United ...
Sweden * 2 18 80 2021 Switzerland * 2 20 78 2021 Syria * 12 22 65 2021 Taiwan * 5.2 35.9 58.8 2010 est. Tajikistan * 43 20 37 2021 Tanzania * 64 7 28 2021 Thailand * 32 23 46 2021 East Timor * 42 14 44 2021 Togo * 31 20 49 2021 Tonga * 30 27 43 2021 Trinidad and Tobago * 3 26 71 2021 Tunisia * 14 34 52 2021
Rank Country/Region Labour force Date of information — World 3,382,000,000: 2017 est. 1 China 781,808,000: 2022 est. 2 India 554,145,000: 2022 est. 3 United States ...
Statistics Sweden - Employment among persons aged 20-64 per region of birth and education level 2016. [77] One hour of work weekly counts as "employed". [78] Sweden and the Netherlands have strong economies, but they have also the widest employment rate gaps between immigrants and non-immigrants of all OECD states. [79]
Country GDP per working hour (2017 US$ PPP) Year Luxembourg 146.1 2023 Ireland 142.5 2023 Norway 92.6 2023 Netherlands 79.8 2023 Denmark 78.2 2023 Switzerland 75.6 ...
The total fertility rate for Swedish-born women was 1.62, for foreign-born ones 1.86. [34] In 2022 73,294 (70.0%) babies were born to Swedish-born mothers while 31,440 (30.0%) were born to foreign-born mothers. The total fertility rate for Swedish-born women was 1.47, for foreign-born ones 1.69. [35]
The Nordic countries have been at the forefront of championing gender equality and this has been historically shown by substantial increases in women's employment. Between 1965 and 1990, Sweden's employment rate for women in working-age (15–64) went from 52.8% to 81.0%. [71]
In Southern Asia, Western Asia, and Africa, only 20% of women work at paid non-agricultural jobs. Worldwide, women's rate of paid employment outside of agriculture grew to 41% by 2008. [18] One of the main forms of paid employment for women worldwide is actually a traditional one, that of the market "hawker".