Australia Labor Force Participation Rate 1978-2018 | Data | Chart

Labor Force Participation Rate in Australia decreased to 65.40 percent in September from 65.70 percent in August of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Australia averaged 63.28 percent from 1978 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 65.80 percent in November of 2010 and a record low of 60.10 percent in April of 1983.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-08-16	01:30 AM	Participation Rate	65.5%	65.7%	65.7%	65.7%
2018-09-13	01:30 AM	Participation Rate	65.7%	65.6%	65.6%	65.6%
2018-10-18	12:30 AM	Participation Rate	65.4%	65.7%	65.7%	65.6%
2018-11-16	12:30 AM	Participation Rate		65.4%		65.5%
2018-12-14	12:30 AM	Participation Rate				65.6%

Australia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.00	5.30	11.20	4.00	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	12636.31	12630.71	12636.31	5997.89	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	665.75	702.91	959.93	364.59	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	-14698.00	9478.00	73029.00	-73001.00	Persons	[+]
Full Time Employment	20300.00	35200.00	80800.00	-81000.00	Persons	[+]
Employment Change	5600.00	44600.00	99100.00	-75000.00	Persons	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	65.40	65.70	65.80	60.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.40	11.60	20.10	7.60	percent	[+]
Productivity	101.80	100.90	104.21	58.20	Index Points	[+]
Labour Costs	100.60	101.10	102.50	45.40	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	240.90	234.20	240.90	28.40	Thousand	[+]
Job Advertisements	175554.51	176989.78	258085.00	69799.00		[+]
Wages	1207.40	1191.50	1207.40	59.10	AUD/Week	[+]
Wage Growth	2.10	2.10	4.30	1.90	percent	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	1304.50	1309.40	1309.40	333.00	AUD/Week	[+]
Minimum Wages	719.20	694.90	719.20	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	3420.00	3440.00	3460.00	3420.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	2420.00	2430.00	2440.00	2420.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	2440.00	2660.00	2660.00	2440.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	6110.00	6250.00	6250.00	6110.00	AUD/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	62.20	62.20	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 October of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	65.40	65.70	65.80	60.10	1978 - 2018	percent	Monthly	SA

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labor force participation rate by Country

Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
United Kingdom	78.80	Jul/18	78.8	79	74.1	%	Monthly
France	72.20	Jun/18	72.2	72.2	69.5	%	Quarterly
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21	57.14	%	Yearly
Switzerland	68.40	Mar/18	68.6	68.8	66.8	%	Quarterly
Singapore	67.70	Dec/17	68	68.3	55.3	%	Yearly
Italy	65.50	Aug/18	65.6	65.9	61.7	%	Monthly
Australia	65.40	Sep/18	65.7	65.8	60.1	%	Monthly
Canada	65.40	Sep/18	65.3	67.7	61.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	63.90	Mar/18	64	67.1	61.7	%	Quarterly
South Korea	63.50	Sep/18	63.4	63.9	48.5	%	Monthly
Russia	63.40	Aug/18	62.9	70.3	62.5	%	Monthly
United States	62.70	Sep/18	62.7	67.3	58.1	%	Monthly
Japan	61.70	Aug/18	61.5	74	58.5	%	Monthly
Brazil	61.60	Aug/18	61.5	61.9	60.9	%	Monthly
Germany	61.00	Mar/18	61.7	61.7	56.9	%	Quarterly
Mexico	60.00	Aug/18	59.7	61.47	58.18	%	Monthly
South Africa	59.10	Jun/18	59.3	60.8	53.6	%	Quarterly
Spain	58.80	Jun/18	58.46	60.55	48.88	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	57.00	Mar/18	57.3	57.3	55	%	Quarterly
Saudi Arabia	55.50	Mar/18	55.6	56.5	47.8	%	Quarterly
Turkey	53.20	Jul/18	53.2	53.2	43.9	%	Monthly
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9	50.9	%	Yearly
Argentina	46.40	Jun/18	46.7	46.9	44.5	%	Quarterly