European Union Labour Force Participation Rate
European Union Labour Force Participation Rate dropped to 56.4 % in Dec 2020, compared with 57.2 % in the previous year. EU Labour Force Participation Rate is updated yearly, available from Dec 1990 to Dec 2020, with an average rate of 56.4 % . The data reached the an all-time high of 57.2 % in Dec 2019 and a record low of 55.5 % in Dec 1997. EU Labour Force Participation Rate is reported by reported by CEIC Data.
In the latest reports, EU Population reached 447.3 million people in Dec 2019.
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Last | Previous | Min | Max | Unit | Frequency | Range |
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56.4 2020 | 57.2 2019 | 55.5 1997 | 57.2 2019 | % | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Labour Force Participation Rate by Country Comparison
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country/region | Last | Frequency | Range |
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Albania (%) | 60.2 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2012 - Sep 2020 |
Algeria (%) | 41.7 2018 | yearly | 2003 - 2018 |
Argentina (%) | 56.0 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Armenia (%) | 60.0 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2020 |
Australia (%) | 66.6 Dec 2020 | monthly | Feb 1978 - Dec 2020 |
Austria (%) | 78.0 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Sep 2020 |
Azerbaijan (%) | 63.1 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Bahrain (%) | 72.6 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Bangladesh (%) | 55.7 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Belarus (%) | 87.0 2019 | yearly | 1995 - 2019 |
Belgium (%) | 69.6 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Sep 2020 |
Bolivia (%) | 62.4 2017 | yearly | 1999 - 2017 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina (%) | 42.1 2019 | yearly | 2006 - 2019 |
Botswana (%) | 69.4 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Brazil (%) | 56.6 Nov 2020 | monthly | Mar 2012 - Nov 2020 |
Brunei (%) | 63.9 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Bulgaria (%) | 55.8 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Jun 2000 - Dec 2020 |
Cambodia (%) | 87.4 2019 | yearly | 2007 - 2019 |
Canada (%) | 64.3 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1976 - Dec 2020 |
Chile (%) | 56.6 Dec 2020 | monthly | Mar 2009 - Dec 2020 |
China (%) | 66.8 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Colombia (%) | 61.7 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Dec 2020 |
Croatia (%) | 51.7 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2007 - Sep 2020 |
Cyprus (%) | 62.9 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Jun 2004 - Sep 2020 |
Czech Republic (%) | 59.9 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Dec 2001 - Sep 2020 |
Denmark (%) | 69.7 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 2007 - Dec 2020 |
Ecuador (%) | 62.8 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Dec 2013 - Sep 2020 |
Egypt (%) | 42.2 2019 | yearly | 2009 - 2019 |
Estonia (%) | 63.7 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Sep 2020 |
European Union (%) | 56.4 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Finland (%) | 65.6 Dec 2020 | monthly | May 2004 - Dec 2020 |
France (%) | 72.0 Jun 2019 | quarterly | Mar 2003 - Jun 2019 |
Georgia (%) | 62.9 2019 | yearly | 1998 - 2019 |
Germany (%) | 56.1 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2007 - Dec 2020 |
Ghana (%) | 67.7 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Greece (%) | 58.2 Nov 2020 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Nov 2020 |
Hong Kong SAR, China (%) | 59.6 Dec 2020 | monthly | Dec 1981 - Dec 2020 |
Hungary (%) | 63.2 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Dec 2020 |
Iceland (%) | 79.3 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Dec 2020 |
India (%) | 46.3 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Indonesia (%) | 67.8 Aug 2020 | semiannually | Feb 2005 - Aug 2020 |
Iran (%) | 38.3 Mar 2020 | quarterly | Jun 2001 - Mar 2020 |
Ireland (%) | 62.0 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Sep 2020 |
Israel (%) | 60.3 Jan 2021 | monthly | Jan 2012 - Jan 2021 |
Italy (%) | 48.2 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Dec 2020 |
Ivory Coast (%) | 52.8 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Japan (%) | 62.0 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1968 - Dec 2020 |
Jordan (%) | 37.9 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Kazakhstan (%) | 69.2 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Jun 2001 - Sep 2020 |
Kenya (%) | 71.9 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
South Korea (%) | 61.6 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jun 1999 - Dec 2020 |
Kosovo (%) | 40.0 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2016 - Sep 2020 |
Kuwait (%) | 71.1 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Kyrgyzstan (%) | 60.2 2019 | yearly | 1994 - 2019 |
Laos (%) | 77.3 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Latvia (%) | 70.1 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Sep 2020 |
Lebanon (%) | 45.3 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Lithuania (%) | 62.7 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Jun 1998 - Dec 2020 |
Luxembourg (%) | 55.2 2019 | yearly | 2000 - 2019 |
Macau SAR, China (%) | 70.4 Dec 2020 | monthly | Sep 1996 - Dec 2020 |
North Macedonia (%) | 55.8 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Sep 2020 |
Malawi (%) | 75.2 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Malaysia (%) | 68.4 Nov 2020 | monthly | Jan 2015 - Nov 2020 |
Malta (%) | 77.3 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Dec 2000 - Sep 2020 |
Mauritius (%) | 73.6 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Sep 2020 |
Mexico (%) | 56.4 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 2005 - Dec 2020 |
Moldova (%) | 41.5 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2015 - Sep 2020 |
Mongolia (%) | 59.0 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Sep 2006 - Sep 2020 |
Montenegro (%) | 53.1 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2020 |
Morocco (%) | 44.4 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Mar 1999 - Dec 2020 |
Mozambique (%) | 77.9 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Myanmar (%) | 56.6 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Nepal (%) | 77.2 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Netherlands (%) | 68.4 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Dec 2020 |
New Zealand (%) | 70.6 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Mar 1986 - Dec 2020 |
Nigeria (%) | 53.4 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Norway (%) | 63.7 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Oman (%) | 67.7 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Pakistan (%) | 50.2 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Palestinian Territory (%) | 41.4 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Jun 2002 - Sep 2020 |
Panama (%) | 66.5 2019 | yearly | 2003 - 2019 |
Paraguay (%) | 70.7 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2017 - Sep 2020 |
Peru (%) | 72.7 2019 | yearly | 2001 - 2019 |
Philippines (%) | 58.7 Oct 2020 | quarterly | Jul 2003 - Oct 2020 |
Poland (%) | 56.4 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Dec 1998 - Sep 2020 |
Portugal (%) | 58.4 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Sep 2020 |
Qatar (%) | 88.2 2019 | yearly | 2006 - 2019 |
Romania (%) | 55.1 Jun 2020 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Jun 2020 |
Russia (%) | 67.9 Sep 2020 | monthly | Aug 2009 - Sep 2020 |
Saudi Arabia (%) | 59.5 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Dec 2016 - Sep 2020 |
Serbia (%) | 54.8 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2014 - Sep 2020 |
Singapore (%) | 68.1 2020 | yearly | 1991 - 2020 |
Slovakia (%) | 59.3 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 1994 - Sep 2020 |
Slovenia (%) | 57.9 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2020 |
South Africa (%) | 54.2 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2020 |
Spain (%) | 58.2 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Sep 1976 - Dec 2020 |
Sri Lanka (%) | 51.0 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Jun 2012 - Sep 2020 |
Sudan (%) | 46.9 2020 | yearly | 1990 - 2020 |
Sweden (%) | 71.3 Jan 2021 | monthly | Apr 2005 - Jan 2021 |
Switzerland (%) | 68.0 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2010 - Sep 2020 |
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Monetary | Last | Frequency | Range |
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Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) | 3.7 2017 | yearly | 2008 - 2017 |
Household Debt: % of GDP (%) | 53.2 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Sep 1997 - Sep 2020 |
Money Supply M1 (USD mn) | 12,540,996.642 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Dec 2020 |
Money Supply M2 (USD mn) | 16,808,497.365 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Dec 2020 |
M2 Growth (%) | 11.0 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1981 - Dec 2020 |
Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) | 1.0 Feb 2021 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Feb 2021 |
Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) | 315,607.1 Jan 2021 | monthly | Dec 1999 - Jan 2021 |
Foreign Exchange Reserves: % of GDP (%) | 2.340 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Dec 1999 - Sep 2020 |
Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) | 1.6 Dec 2020 | monthly | Dec 1999 - Dec 2020 |
Total Deposits (USD mn) | 17,003,377.028 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Dec 2020 |
Total Deposits Growth (%) | 9.9 Jan 2021 | monthly | Sep 1998 - Jan 2021 |
Domestic Credit (USD mn) | 26,097,344.8 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Dec 2020 |
Domestic Credit Growth (%) | 8.1 Dec 2020 | monthly | Sep 1998 - Dec 2020 |
Household Debt (USD mn) | 7,491,885.0 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Dec 2020 |
Total Loans (USD mn) | 19,475,613.399 Oct 2020 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Oct 2020 |
Total Loans Growth (%) | 2.02 Oct 2020 | monthly | Sep 1998 - Oct 2020 |
Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) | 94.53 Sep 2020 | quarterly | Sep 1997 - Sep 2020 |
Money Supply M3: Outstanding (EUR bn) | 14,492.039 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1970 - Dec 2020 |
Money Supply M2: Outstanding (EUR bn) | 13,749.369 Dec 2020 | monthly | Jan 1980 - Dec 2020 |
Eurosystem: Official Reserve Assets (ORA) (EUR bn) | 880.232 Jan 2021 | monthly | Nov 1999 - Jan 2021 |
Eurosystem: ORA: Foreign Currency Reserves (FCR) (EUR bn) | 259.995 Jan 2021 | monthly | Nov 1999 - Jan 2021 |
MFIs Loans: Outstanding: Households: Consumer Credit (CS) (EUR bn) | 686.042 Jan 2019 | monthly | Sep 1997 - Jan 2019 |
MFIs Loans: Outstanding: Households: HP: Over 5 Years (EUR bn) | 4,296.809 Jan 2019 | monthly | Sep 1997 - Jan 2019 |
MFIs Loans: Outstanding: Non Financial Sector (EUR bn) | 4,707.849 Dec 2020 | monthly | Sep 1997 - Dec 2020 |
MFIs Deposits: Outstanding: Non Financial Corp (NFC) (EUR bn) | 3,140.325 Dec 2020 | monthly | Sep 1997 - Dec 2020 |
MFIs Deposits: Outstanding: Households (EUR bn) | 8,342.302 Dec 2020 | monthly | Sep 1997 - Dec 2020 |
Business and Economic Survey | Last | Frequency | Range |
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Business Confidence: Net Balance (% Point) | -8.7 Jan 2020 | monthly | Jan 1985 - Jan 2020 |
Business Confidence Growth (% Point) | 1.2 Jan 2021 | monthly | Jan 1986 - Jan 2021 |
Construction Confidence Indicator (CCI): sa: EU 27 excl UK (EU 27E) (% Point) | -15.900 Apr 2020 | monthly | Jan 1985 - Apr 2020 |
Business Climate Indicator: sa: Euro Area 19 (NA) | -0.270 Jan 2021 | monthly | Jan 1985 - Jan 2021 |
Economic Sentiment Index: sa: EU 27 excl UK (NA) | 65.800 Apr 2020 | monthly | Jan 1985 - Apr 2020 |
Industrial Confidence Indicator (ICI): sa: EA 19 (% Point) | 5.80 Jul 2018 | monthly | Jan 1985 - Jul 2018 |
Industrial Confidence Indicator (ICI): sa: EU 27 excl UK (EU 27E) (% Point) | -30.600 Apr 2020 | monthly | Jan 1985 - Apr 2020 |
Service Confidence Indicator (SCI): sa: Euro Area 19 (% Point) | 15.30 Jul 2018 | monthly | Jan 1996 - Jul 2018 |
Service Confidence Indicator (SCI): sa: EU 27 excl UK (EU 27E) (% Point) | -35.400 Apr 2020 | monthly | Oct 1996 - Apr 2020 |
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