Switzerland Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in Switzerland increased to 68.50 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 68.40 percent in the second quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in Switzerland averaged 67.83 percent from 1998 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 68.80 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 and a record low of 66.80 percent in the first quarter of 2010.

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Switzerland Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	2.50	2.70	5.70	1.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	5065.00	5080.00	5080.00	3242.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	112341.00	119473.00	206291.00	26.00		[+]
Productivity	101.99	103.70	104.72	77.83	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	36325.00	35738.00	36850.00	6062.00		[+]
Wages	6260.00	6235.00	6260.00	5082.00	CHF/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	113.10	113.20	113.20	100.00	Index Points	[+]
Population	8.48	8.42	8.48	5.30	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	64.00	64.00	64.00	63.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Wage Growth	0.50	0.80	7.80	0.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.10	2.30	5.70	1.40	percent	[+]
Job Offers	72133.00	73674.00	78215.00	29043.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	68.50	68.40	68.80	66.80	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.50	1.80	2.00	1.40	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	5068.00	5070.00	5070.00	3841.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	1668.80	1699.40	1699.40	1064.50	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.50	0.30	1.20	-0.60	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	80.50	79.90	81.30	76.90	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	2841.10	2776.40	2841.10	2628.90	Thousand	[+]

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	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	68.50	68.40	68.80	66.80	1998 - 2018	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.30	Jan/19	79.3	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Dec/18	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Mar/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.50	Sep/18	68.4	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	65.70	Mar/19	65.6	65.8 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	Mar/19	65.8	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	Feb/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	63.10	Mar/19	62.3	63.9 : 48.5	%
United States	63.00	Mar/19	63.2	67.3 : 58.1	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Brazil	61.60	Feb/19	61.6	61.9 : 60.9	%
Germany	61.50	Sep/18	60.9	61.7 : 56.9	%
Japan	61.40	Feb/19	61.2	74 : 58.5	%
South Africa	59.40	Dec/18	59.5	60.8 : 53.6	%
Mexico	59.20	Jan/19	59.5	61.47 : 58.18	%
Spain	58.61	Dec/18	58.73	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.30	Sep/18	57.2	57.3 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	52.90	Jan/19	53.1	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	52.50	Dec/13	50.9	52.9 : 50.9	%
Argentina	46.50	Dec/18	46.7	46.9 : 44.5	%