Employment of older workers in European Union
66.4% of people aged 55 to 64 in the European Union were employed in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2009.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
66.4%
Change from 2024
+1.2percentage points
Employment of older workers in European Union over time
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% of population aged 55 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.4% |
| 2024 | 65.2% |
| 2023 | 63.9% |
| 2022 | 62.3% |
| 2021 | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 59.0% |
| 2019 | 58.6% |
| 2018 | 57.3% |
| 2017 | 55.5% |
| 2016 | 53.5% |
| 2015 | 51.4% |
| 2014 | 49.7% |
| 2013 | 47.9% |
| 2012 | 46.4% |
| 2011 | 45.0% |
| 2010 | 43.7% |
| 2009 | 43.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 65.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 51.4%, the figure has changed by +15.0 percentage points.
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