Workforce participation Workforce participation is the proportion of people who are employed or actively seeking employment.It takes the number of women or men actively involved in the workforce, and expresses them as a percentage of the population of women or men, respectively. The following section covers women and men aged between 15 and 64 years. Figure 2 displays and participation rates for available countries. participation rates men’s women’s Men’s are displayed on the left side in grey, while participation rates are displayed on the right side in women’s’ yellow. Results are ordered from the highest participation rate for women to the lowest participation rate for women. Figure 2: Workforce participation of women and men aged 15 - 64 (available data) OECD 82.1 57 Iceland Average 76.6 Sweden Switzerland 89.1 33.6 Norway 83.6 55.2 Denmark 88.5 46.8 84.2 Canada 80.2 79.3 New Zealand 81.1 67.2 79 Finland 81.3 75.9 Netherlands 84.1 75 Germany 77.1 74.2 United Kingdom 84.2 74.1 Estonia 82.5 73.8 Austria 83.1 73.8 Australia 79.3 72.9 Portugal 80.0 72.1 Spain 82.2 71.2 Israel 76.7 70.8 France 80.7 70.5 Slovenia 76.1 70 United States 75.3 69.8 Japan 74.3 68.4 Czech Republic 78.5 67.4 Luxembourg 84.9 67.3 Belgium 81.2 Women 67.1 Slovak Republic 77.2 66 (%) Men Ireland 72.4 65.6 Poland 77.6 (%) 64.2 Hungary 77.1 63 Greece 74.6 62.8 Korea 73.4 62.5 Chile 76 61.1 Italy 78.6 60.7 Mexico 77.6 59 Turkey 74.7 Source: OECD (2016), Labour force participation rate (indicator). doi: 10.1787/8a801325-en (Accessed on 28 March 2016) OECD, Labour force participation rate,
Workforce participation Workforce participation is the proportion of people who are employed or actively seeking employment.It takes the number of women or men actively involved in the workforce, and expresses them as a percentage of the population of women or men, respectively. The following section covers women and men aged between 15 and 64 years. Figure 2 displays men’s and women’s participation rates for available countries. Men’s participation rates are displayed on the left side in grey, while women’s’ participation rates are displayed on the right side in yellow. Results are ordered from the highest participation rate for women to the lowest participation rate for women. Figure 2: Workforce participation of women and men aged 15 - 64 (available data) Iceland Sweden Switzerland Norway Denmark Canada New Zealand Finland Netherlands Germany United Kingdom Estonia Austria Australia Portugal Spain Israel France Slovenia United States Japan Czech Republic Luxembourg Belgium Slovak Republic Ireland Poland Hungary Greece Korea Chile Italy Mexico Turkey OECD Average 89.1 83.6 88.5 80.2 81.1 81.3 84.1 77.1 84.2 82.5 83.1 79.3 80.0 82.2 76.7 80.7 76.1 75.3 74.3 78.5 84.9 81.2 77.2 72.4 77.6 77.1 74.6 73.4 76 78.6 77.6 74.7 82.1 76.6 33.6 84.2 79.3 79 75.9 75 74.2 74.1 73.8 73.8 72.9 72.1 71.2 70.8 70.5 70 69.8 68.4 67.4 67.3 67.1 66 65.6 64.2 63 62.8 62.5 61.1 60.7 59 57 55.2 46.8 67.2 Women (%) Men (%) Source: OECD (2016), Labour force participation rate (indicator). doi: 10.1787/8a801325-en (Accessed on 28 March 2016) OECD, Labour force participation rate,