Employment and occupations
See how employment, unemployment and participation vary by place and population. This page lists 27 measures from Eurostat, INE Spain, ONS, ILOSTAT, OECD, World Bank. There are also 4 related measures filed under other topics.
From Eurostat
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74, by region
Unemployed people aged 15 to 74 living in the region as a share of the labour force of the same age, from the EU Labour Force Survey.
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24, by region
Unemployed people aged 15 to 24 living in the region as a share of the labour force of the same age. Students without a job who are not looking for on...
Long-term unemployment rate, by region
People aged 15 to 74 who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, as a share of the labour force in the region.
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64, by region
Employed people aged 20 to 64 living in the region as a share of all people of that age in the region.
Unemployment rate, ages 15 to 74
Unemployed people aged 15 to 74 as a share of the labour force of the same age. The labour force is everyone who is employed or unemployed. People wit...
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24
Unemployed people aged 15 to 24 as a share of the labour force of the same age. Many young people are students outside the labour force, so this is no...
Long-term unemployment rate
People aged 15 to 74 who have been unemployed for 12 months or more, as a share of the labour force of the same age.
Employment rate, ages 20 to 64
Employed people aged 20 to 64 as a share of the total population of the same age, based on the EU Labour Force Survey.
Employment rate of women, ages 20 to 64
Employed women aged 20 to 64 as a share of all women of the same age, based on the EU Labour Force Survey.
Monthly unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force for each month, seasonally adjusted. Eurostat's monthly series covers ages 15 to 74 for most countrie...
Usual weekly working hours
The average number of hours employed people aged 15 to 64 usually work per week in their main job, full-time and part-time combined, from the EU Labou...
Part-time employment
People aged 15 to 64 working part-time as a share of all employed people of that age. Whether a job is part-time is based on the respondent's own answ...
Monthly youth unemployment rate, under 25 (seasonally adjusted)
Unemployed people under 25 as a share of the labour force of that age, each month, seasonally adjusted.
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.
From INE Spain
From ONS
UK unemployment rate, aged 16 and over
Unemployed people aged 16 and over as a share of the economically active population of that age, seasonally adjusted. Monthly figures are averages of...
UK employment rate, aged 16 to 64
Employed people aged 16 to 64 as a share of all people of that age, seasonally adjusted. Monthly figures are averages of the three months ending in th...
UK economic inactivity rate, aged 16 to 64
People aged 16 to 64 who are neither in work nor looking for work (for example students, carers, long-term sick or retired), as a share of all people...
From ILOSTAT
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates)
Unemployed people aged 15 and over as a share of the labour force, from the ILO modelled estimates. The ILO fills gaps in national data with a statist...
Youth unemployment rate, ages 15 to 24 (ILO modelled estimates)
Unemployed people aged 15 to 24 as a share of the labour force of that age, from the ILO modelled estimates. Values for the current and following year...
Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates)
People aged 15 and over who are employed or looking for work, as a share of the population of that age, from the ILO modelled estimates. Values for th...
Labour force participation rate of women (ILO modelled estimates)
Women aged 15 and over who are employed or looking for work, as a share of all women of that age, from the ILO modelled estimates. Values for the curr...
Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates)
Employed people aged 15 and over as a share of the population of that age, from the ILO modelled estimates. The age range differs from the EU 20 to 64...
From OECD
From World Bank
Employment in agriculture
People working in agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing as a share of all employed people. ILO modelled estimates.
Employment in industry
People working in mining, manufacturing, construction and utilities as a share of all employed people. ILO modelled estimates.
Employment in services
People working in trade, transport, hospitality, finance, public administration and other services as a share of all employed people. ILO modelled est...
Related measures in other topics
Young people not in employment, education or training, ages 18 to 24, by region
People aged 18 to 24 who are not employed and have taken part in neither formal nor non-formal education or training in the four weeks before the surv...
Young people neither in employment nor in education or training (NEET)
People aged 15 to 29 who are not employed and not in any formal or non-formal education or training, as a share of all people of that age.
Cultural employment
People working in cultural occupations or in cultural sectors such as publishing, film, broadcasting, design, libraries and museums, as a share of all...
Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled estimates)
Young people aged 15 to 24 who are not in employment, education or training, as a share of all people of that age, from the ILO modelled estimates. Va...