Lane Kenworthy, The Good Society
July 2017

EMPLOYMENT RATES: TOTAL AND BY GENDER

Employment rates vary across countries and over time. The rates for men and women have been converging in all of the world’s rich democracies, though to differing degrees.

Figure 1. Employment rate
Employed persons aged 25-64 as a share of all persons aged 25-64. Thick line: total. Top thin line: men. Bottom thin line: women. The vertical axes don’t begin at zero. Data source: OECD.