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	%

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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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	United States
1991	60.64
1992	60.43
1993	60.73
1994	61.66
1995	62.11
1996	62.40
1997	63.01
1998	63.31
1999	63.56
2000	63.77
2001	62.92
2002	61.90
2003	61.39
2004	61.43
2005	61.74
2006	62.14
2007	61.97
2008	61.21
2009	58.36
2010	71.10
2011	71.40
2012	72.80
2013	72.60
2014	73.50
2015	74.20
2016	74.80
2017	75.40
2018	76.10
2019	76.50
2020	56.31

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Employment-to-population ratio 1991 - 2020

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