This is a list of countries by employment rate (the proportion of working age adults employed, here with working age between 15 and 64 years old). The information is based on data from the OECD as at 2003, It currently only includes OECD member countries and can be expanded as new data (with sources) is found. See also : http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/15/24/38335554.pdf for 2005 data.

Due to different methods for calculating the unemployment rate, the employment rate can be used as a supplemental method of comparison.

Rank by sovereign state	Rank by entity	Entity	Employment rate (%)	Source / date of information
—	—	World
1	1	Iceland	83	2003 OECD
2	2	Switzerland	78	2003 OECD
3	3	Norway	76	2003 OECD
4	4	Denmark	75	2003 OECD
5	5	Sweden	74	2003 OECD
6	6	Netherlands	73	2003 OECD
7	7	United Kingdom	73	2003 OECD
8	8	New Zealand	72	2003 OECD
9	9	Canada	72	2003 OECD
10	10	United States	71	2003 OECD
11	11	Australia	69	2003 OECD
12	12	Japan	68	2003 OECD
13	13	Austria	68	2003 OECD
14	14	Finland	67	2003 OECD
15	15	Portugal	66	2003 OECD
—	16	OECD Average	65	2003 OECD
16	17	Ireland	65	2003 OECD
17	18	Czech Republic	65	2003 OECD
18	19	Germany	65	2003 OECD
19	20	Luxembourg	64	2003 OECD
20	21	Korea	63	2003 OECD
21	22	France	62	2003 OECD
22	23	Spain	61	2003 OECD
23	24	Mexico	60	2003 OECD
24	25	Belgium	60	2003 OECD
25	26	Greece	59	2003 OECD
26	27	Slovakia	59	2003 OECD
27	28	Hungary	58	2003 OECD
28	29	Italy	57	2003 OECD
29	30	Poland	53	2003 OECD
30	31	Turkey	46	2003 OECD

See also

References

• The World Factbook