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European Union Labour force survey - Annual employment rates 2015

Author: Håvard Hungnes Lien (Eurostat, Labour market)

The employment rate tells us what proportion of the adult population has a paid job (or more technically, is an employed person). The pay can be in cash or in kind, and the job can be as an employee, or as self-employed, or as a family worker.

is calculated from the results of the labour force survey (LFS). This survey covers all European Union member states, the EFTA member states of Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, as well as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Turkey.

The employment rate is one of the main indicators of the LFS, and one of the headline indicators under the EU2020 Strategy.

Breakdowns are available for several different age groups (15-64; 15-24; 20-64; 25-54; 55-64) and by sex and by country, per quarter and for annual averages. The full set of tables is available as table reference. Unless otherwise specified, this article refers to the annual average for the 20-64 age group.

Most of the EU member states have set targets for what the employment rate should be in 2020, as part of the EU2020 Strategy. This article will also present these national targets in comparison to the current employment rates.

The Labour market and Labour force survey (LFS) statistics presents a series of other annual results of the LFS, but the employment rate's prominent position as an indicator and its earlier release than the rest of the annual data means that it merits a separate article.

For deeper insight into the labour market, this article should also be read together with the Underemployment and potential additional labour force statistics.

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