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Employment rate, by sex, age group 20-64

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The employment rate is calculated by dividing the number of persons aged 20 to 64 in employment by the total population of the same age group. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey.

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/web/table/description.jsp [2]
(Retrieved: 26 January 2015)

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Percentage (%)

Link to Data: 

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do [3]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United States

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EU Eurostat SDI Indicators [6]
  • Eurofound EurLIFE [7]
  • World Development Indicators (World Bank) [8]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [9]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Employment rate, by highest level of education attained   [10]
Relationship explanation: 
The indicator is calculated by dividing the number of employed people within age group 20-64 years having attained a specific level of education, by the total population of the same age group.
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment) [11]
Relationship explanation: 
Long-term unemployment refers to the number of people with continuous periods of unemployment extending for a year or longer, expressed as a percentage of the total unemployed.
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Unemployment rate by sex and age groups - annual average, % [12]
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Young people neither in employment nor in education and training by sex and age (NEET rates) [13]
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator

Temporal Coverage: 

1992 to 2013

Frequency of Updates: 

  • annualy [14]

Indicator developer: 

Eurostat

Link to Methodology: 

Quality report of the European Union Labour Force Survey [15]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [16]

Data quality assesment: 

  • Assessed by statistical office [17]

Publishing delay: 

  • Less than 6 month [18]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Quality report of the European Union Labour Force Survey [15]

Contribution to the green economy: 

A high employment rate implies that the number of people who are seeking for employment and are socially vulnerable is low, which positively impacts the progress towards th Green Economy.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [19]
Potential misinterpretation: 
A high employment rate does not necessarily mean that employees are satisfied with their jobs.
Related Indicator: 
Low wage earners as a proportion of all employees (excluding apprentices): by educational attainment [20]
Potential misinterpretation: 
A high employment rate does not necessarily mean that employees are satisfied with their jobs.
Related Indicator: 
Satisfaction with working conditions [21]
Potential misinterpretation: 
A high employment rate does not necessarily mean that the rate of newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant, posts is high.
Related Indicator: 
Job vacancy rate [22]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Employment rate does not give a precise indication of the unemployment rate
Related Indicator: 
Unemployment rate [23]
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Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/884
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/web/table/description.jsp
[3] http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=1&language=en&pcode=t2020_10
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/45
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/67
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/71
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/97
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/employment-rate-highest-level-education-attained-%C2%A0
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/long-term-unemployment-total-unemployment
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/unemployment-rate-sex-and-age-groups-annual-average
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/young-people-neither-employment-nor-education-and-training-sex-and-age-neet-rates
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/17
[15] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3888793/6194252/KS-TC-14-010-EN-N.pdf/39a79a33-4442-49b6-b83f-f0a5e81b02ef
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[17] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/38
[18] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/23
[19] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[20] https://measuring-progress.eu/low-wage-earners-proportion-all-employees-excluding-apprentices-educational-attainment
[21] https://measuring-progress.eu/satisfaction-working-conditions
[22] https://measuring-progress.eu/job-vacancy-rate
[23] https://measuring-progress.eu/unemployment-rate