Australia Labor Force Participation Rate

The participation rate in Australia edged up 0.1 points from a month earlier to a record-high of 66.0 percent in May 2019, beating forecasts of 65.8 percent. Labor Force Participation Rate in Australia averaged 63.31 percent from 1978 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 66 percent in May of 2019 and a record low of 60.10 percent in April of 1983.

Labor Force Participation Rate in Australia is expected to be 65.70 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 Australia to stand at 65.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Australia Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 66.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

Australia Labor Force Participation Rate

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2019-03-21	12:30 AM	Participation Rate	65.6%	65.7%	65.7%	65.6%
2019-04-18	01:30 AM	Participation Rate	65.7%	65.6%	65.6%	65.7%
2019-05-16	01:30 AM	Participation Rate	65.8%	65.6%	65.7%	65.7%
2019-06-13	01:30 AM	Participation Rate	66%	65.9%	65.8%	65.7%
2019-07-19	01:30 AM	Participation Rate		66%		65.7%
2019-08-16	01:30 AM	Participation Rate
2019-09-13	01:30 AM	Participation Rate

Australia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.20	5.20	11.20	4.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	12868.20	12826.00	12868.20	5997.66	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	704.70	707.00	960.05	364.68	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	39837.00	43374.00	72829.00	-73123.00	Persons	[+]
Full Time Employment	2426.00	-285.00	74800.00	-80829.00	Persons	[+]
Employment Change	42264.00	43089.00	99144.00	-74898.00	Persons	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	66.00	65.80	66.00	60.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.90	11.80	20.10	7.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	99.90	100.20	104.21	55.70	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	103.80	103.60	103.80	44.10	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	244.90	242.90	244.90	28.40	Thousand	[+]
Job Advertisements	152689.09	166608.28	258084.63	69799.00		[+]
Wages	1225.30	1207.40	1225.30	59.10	AUD/Week	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	1340.30	1304.50	1340.30	333.00	AUD/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	2.30	2.30	4.30	1.90	percent	[+]
Minimum Wages	740.80	719.20	740.80	522.12	AUD/week	[+]
Population	24.70	24.13	24.70	10.39	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	65.50	65.50	65.50	62.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.50	65.50	65.50	65.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	2790.00	2920.00	2920.00	2770.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1770.00	1820.00	1820.00	1750.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2710.00	2670.00	2710.00	2670.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	6120.00	6250.00	6250.00	6120.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	62.40	62.40	62.90	54.00	percent	[+]

Australia Labor Force Participation Rate

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides the latest reported value for - Australia Labor Force Participation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Australia Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	66.00	65.80	66.00	60.10	1978 - 2019	percent	Monthly	SA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.20	Mar/19	79.2	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Apr/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.00	May/19	65.8	66 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	May/19	65.9	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	Apr/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	64.00	May/19	63.6	64 : 48.5	%
United States	62.80	May/19	62.8	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.10	Apr/19	61.9	74 : 58.5	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Brazil	61.90	Apr/19	61.7	61.9 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.80	Dec/18	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	59.70	Apr/19	60	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	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.30	Mar/19	53.2	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	50.30	Dec/14	52.5	52.9 : 50.3	%
Argentina	47.00	Mar/19	46.5	47 : 44.5	%