European Union Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in European Union decreased to 57.90 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 58.10 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in European Union averaged 57.46 percent from 2002 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 58.20 percent in the third quarter of 2017 and a record low of 56.30 percent in the second quarter of 2002.

Labor Force Participation Rate in European Union is expected to be 58.80 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 European Union to stand at 59.10 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the European Union Labor Force Participation Rate is projected to trend around 60.00 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

European Union Labor Force Participation Rate

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European Union Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployed Persons	15432.00	15613.00	26614.00	15432.00	Thousand	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	2.70	2.80	5.30	2.40	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	110.70	102.60	110.70	84.10	Index Points	[+]
Unemployment Rate	6.20	6.30	11.00	6.20	percent	[+]
Wage Growth	3.10	2.90	3.60	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	14.20	14.30	24.10	14.20	percent	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	57.90	58.10	58.20	56.30	percent	[+]
Part Time Employment	43256.20	43046.00	43395.50	31484.60	Thousand	[+]
Population	512.38	511.37	512.38	406.73	Million	[+]
Productivity	106.40	105.50	108.90	83.70	Index Points	[+]
Retirement Age Men	64.28	64.21	64.28	62.57		[+]
Retirement Age Women	63.44	63.31	63.44	61.24		[+]
Employed Persons	230356.80	231342.70	232104.10	213005.80	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.30	0.30	0.50	-0.70	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	180946.00	182089.80	183385.30	167303.40	Thousand	[+]

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

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	57.90	58.10	58.20	56.30	2002 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.00	Jul/19	79.2	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.00	Jun/19	72.2	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.30	Sep/19	71.2	71.3 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.40	Jun/19	68.3	68.8 : 66.8	%
Russia	67.90	Jun/19	67.6	70.3 : 64.2	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.10	Sep/19	66.2	66.2 : 60.1	%
Italy	65.80	Jul/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
Canada	65.70	Sep/19	65.8	67.7 : 61.4	%
South Korea	63.50	Sep/19	63.3	64.2 : 48.5	%
United States	63.20	Sep/19	63.2	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.30	Aug/19	62.1	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	62.10	Aug/19	62.1	62.1 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.60	Jun/19	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.40	Aug/19	60.5	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	59.80	Jun/19	58.8	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.74	Jun/19	58.35	60.55 : 48.88	%
Saudi Arabia	57.90	Jun/19	56.4	57.9 : 47.8	%
Euro Area	57.30	Jun/19	57.1	57.4 : 55	%
Turkey	53.10	Jul/19	52.9	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	49.80	Dec/18	50.4	63.7 : 49.8	%
Argentina	47.70	Jun/19	47	47.7 : 44.5	%