Employment rate, ages 55 to 64
Employed people aged 55 to 64 as a share of the total population of that age, from the EU Labour Force Survey.
34 countries have a value for 2025, the latest period in the data.
Trend 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 | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66.4% | 75.3% | 61.7%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 62.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2024 | 65.2% | 75.0% | 60.3%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 61.1%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2023 | 63.9% | 74.5% | 58.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 59.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2022 | 62.3% | 73.3% | 56.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 57.7%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2021 | 60.4% | 71.9% | 56.0%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 55.8%d (definition differs (see metadata)) |
| 2020 | 59.0% | 70.7%b (break in time series) | 55.2% | 54.7% |
| 2019 | 58.6% | 71.7% | 54.5% | 53.8% |
| 2018 | 57.3% | 70.5% | 53.6% | 52.2% |
| 2017 | 55.5% | 69.2% | 52.6% | 50.5% |
| 2016 | 53.5% | 67.6% | 51.2% | 49.1% |
| 2015 | 51.4% | 65.2% | 50.1% | 46.9% |
| 2014 | 49.7% | 64.6% | 48.2% | 44.3% |
| 2013 | 47.9% | 62.7% | 46.9% | 43.2% |
| 2012 | 46.4% | 60.7% | 45.8% | 43.9% |
| 2011 | 45.0% | 59.2%b (break in time series) | 42.7% | 44.5% |
| 2010 | 43.7% | 57.0%b (break in time series) | 41.0% | 43.5% |
| 2009 | 43.2% | 55.3% | 40.2% | 44.0% |
| 2008 | – | – | 39.5% | – |
| 2007 | – | – | 39.5% | – |
| 2006 | – | – | 39.4% | – |
| 2005 | – | – | 39.8% | – |
| 2004 | – | – | 39.1% | – |
| 2003 | – | – | 38.2% | – |
Flags: b break in time series; d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 34 countries with a value for 2025, the highest is Iceland (81.8%) and the lowest Türkiye (38.1%).
- Half of the countries are above 68.0% and half below.
- From 2024 to 2025 the value rose in 29 countries and fell in 5.
- The figure for the European Union was 66.4% in 2025, against 59.0% in 2020 (+7.4 percentage points).
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Source and dates
All countries in 2025 Every value is for 2025, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Iceland 81.8%
- 2 Czechia 78.3%
- 3 Sweden 78.3%
- 4 Estonia 77.0%
- 5 Netherlands 75.8%
- 6 Germany 75.3%
- 7 Switzerland 75.3%
- 8 Denmark 74.7%
- 9 Latvia 73.6%
- 10 Norway 72.6%
- 11 Finland 72.3%
- 12 Hungary 72.1%
- 13 Bulgaria 71.2%
- 14 Cyprus 71.0%
- 15 Lithuania 69.9%
- 16 Portugal 69.5%
- 17 Ireland 69.4%
- 18 Slovakia 66.6%
- 19 Spain 62.4%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 20 France 61.7%d (definition differs (see metadata))
- 21 Belgium 61.5%
- 22 Malta 61.4%
- 23 Italy 61.2%
- 24 Austria 60.9%
- 25 Poland 60.1%
- 26 Serbia 60.0%
- 27 Greece 59.6%
- 28 Slovenia 57.6%
- 29 Romania 57.0%
- 30 Croatia 54.9%
- 31 North Macedonia 50.2%
- 32 Luxembourg 48.9%
- 33 Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.9%
- 34 Türkiye 38.1%
- European Union 66.4%
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Grey: no value for 2025. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.