Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate In the Euro Area increased to 57.20 percent in the second quarter of 2018 from 57 percent in the first quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in the Euro Area averaged 56.77 percent from 2000 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 57.30 percent in the third quarter of 2008 and a record low of 55 percent in the second quarter of 2001.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Euro Area is expected to be 58.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Labor Force Participation Rate in Euro Area to stand at 58.80 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 60.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate

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Euro Area Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	7.90	8.00	12.10	7.30	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	12949.00	13080.00	19193.00	11403.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	158.29	157.97	158.29	117.36	Million	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.90	4.10	6.30	2.70	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	16.90	17.10	24.70	14.80	percent	[+]
Productivity	105.30	105.20	105.30	82.60	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	106.40	113.90	114.10	85.10	Index Points	[+]
Wage Growth	2.40	2.10	3.40	0.80	percent	[+]
Population	340.72	339.88	340.72	260.38	Million	[+]
Employment Change	0.20	0.40	0.80	-0.70	percent	[+]
Part Time Employment	31590.10	31245.90	31590.10	19769.20	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	57.20	57.00	57.30	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	115128.40	113849.60	118899.50	107478.10	Thousand	[+]
Retirement Age Men	64.36	64.27	64.36	62.24		[+]
Retirement Age Women	63.96	63.86	63.96	61.66		[+]

This page provides - Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	57.20	57.00	57.30	55.00	2000 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.00	Oct/18	79	79 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Sep/18	72.2	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Dec/18	70.9	71 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.40	Jun/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Nov/18	65.5	65.8 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.70	Nov/18	65.8	65.9 : 61.7	%
Canada	65.40	Dec/18	65.4	67.7 : 61.4	%
United States	63.10	Dec/18	62.9	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.90	Nov/18	62.8	70.3 : 62.5	%
South Korea	62.20	Dec/18	63.4	63.9 : 48.5	%
Japan	61.90	Nov/18	62	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	61.80	Nov/18	61.8	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	60.90	Jun/18	61	61.7 : 56.9	%
Mexico	59.50	Dec/18	60	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.50	Sep/18	59.1	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.73	Sep/18	58.8	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.20	Jun/18	57	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.20	Jun/18	55.5	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.60	Oct/18	53.4	53.6 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.70	Sep/18	46.4	46.9 : 44.5	%