Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate In the Euro Area increased to 57.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 from 57.30 percent in the third quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in the Euro Area averaged 56.79 percent from 2000 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 57.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018 and a record low of 55 percent in the second quarter of 2001.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Euro Area is expected to be 58.60 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 59.10 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	7.50	7.60	12.10	7.30	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	12263.00	12443.00	19197.00	11391.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	159.53	158.98	159.53	117.36	Million	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	3.50	3.50	6.30	2.70	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	15.70	15.80	24.80	14.80	percent	[+]
Productivity	105.10	105.20	105.30	82.60	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	99.60	110.60	110.60	83.30	Index Points	[+]
Wage Growth	2.50	2.30	3.40	0.80	percent	[+]
Population	340.72	339.88	340.72	260.38	Million	[+]
Employment Change	0.30	0.30	0.80	-0.70	percent	[+]
Part Time Employment	31594.70	31393.20	31594.70	19769.20	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	57.40	57.30	57.40	55.00	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	115273.20	116162.30	118849.00	107485.60	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 July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	57.40	57.30	57.40	55.00	2000 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.10	Apr/19	79.2	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.20	Jun/19	71.1	71.2 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Russia	67.70	Mar/19	62.1	70.3 : 61.9	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.00	Jun/19	66	66 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	Jun/19	65.7	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	May/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	64.20	Jun/19	64	64.2 : 48.5	%
United States	62.90	Jun/19	62.8	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.20	May/19	62.1	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	62.10	May/19	61.9	62.1 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.80	Dec/18	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.20	May/19	59.7	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	58.80	Mar/19	59.4	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.40	Dec/18	57.3	57.4 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.40	Mar/19	55.9	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.10	Apr/19	53.3	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	49.80	Dec/18	50.4	63.7 : 49.8	%
Argentina	47.00	Mar/19	46.5	47 : 44.5	%