Employment-to-population ratio 1991 - 2020

Description	Modeled ILO estimate. Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.
Unit of measure	%

Description

Modeled ILO estimate. Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Employment is defined as persons of working age who, during a short reference period, were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period (i.e. who worked in a job for at least one hour) or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangements. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population.

Unit of measure

Source: International Labour Office

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	China
1991	77.16
1992	77.11
1993	76.83
1994	76.60
1995	76.40
1996	76.15
1997	75.86
1998	75.60
1999	75.20
2000	74.82
2001	73.74
2002	72.67
2003	71.56
2004	70.88
2005	70.24
2006	69.77
2007	69.41
2008	68.83
2009	68.37
2010	68.05
2011	67.86
2012	67.58
2013	67.34
2014	67.07
2015	66.76
2016	66.48
2017	66.14
2018	65.76
2019	65.10
2020	63.48

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Employment-to-population ratio 1991 - 2020

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