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Activity rate by sex — From 15 to 64 years; Persons in the labour force

Compare activity rate by sex — from 15 to 64 years; persons in the labour force across 34 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 Eurostat reference slice.

Source: Eurostat, European Commission34 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
76.4Percentage of total population
Median: 77.8Percentage of total population
Countries Covered
34
with available data
Highest
Iceland
88.1Percentage of total population
Lowest
Türkiye
60.1Percentage of total population
Top 5 Countries
1Iceland88.1Percentage of total population
2Netherlands85.6Percentage of total population
3Switzerland84.1Percentage of total population
4Sweden84.0Percentage of total population
5Malta82.6Percentage of total population
By Region
Europe77.5Percentage of total population(30 countries)
Other68.0Percentage of total population(4 countries)
Key Findings
  • 34 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of total population observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
  • Iceland has the highest published value (88.1 Percentage of total population).
  • Türkiye has the lowest published value (60.1 Percentage of total population).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (60.1Percentage of total population)High (88.1Percentage of total population)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 76.4Percentage of total population)

Europe (30)
Other (4)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Activity rate by sex; fixed slice age: From 15 to 64 years [Y15-64]; freq: Annual [A]; indic_em: Persons in the labour force [ACT]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage of total population [PC_POP]

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 Eurostat slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

Activity rate by sex; fixed slice age: From 15 to 64 years [Y15-64]; freq: Annual [A]; indic_em: Persons in the labour force [ACT]; sex: Total [T]; unit: Percentage of total population [PC_POP]

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Iceland88.1Percentage of total population
2Netherlands85.6Percentage of total population
3Switzerland84.1Percentage of total population
4Sweden84.0Percentage of total population
5Malta82.6Percentage of total population
6Denmark82.3Percentage of total population
7Estonia81.7Percentage of total population
8Cyprus80.4Percentage of total population
9Germany80.3Percentage of total population
10Norway80.3Percentage of total population
11Finland79.7Percentage of total population
12Lithuania79.7Percentage of total population
13Austria78.9Percentage of total population
14Portugal78.8Percentage of total population
15Hungary78.6Percentage of total population
16Ireland78.4Percentage of total population
17Czech Republic78.0Percentage of total population
18Latvia77.6Percentage of total population
19Slovakia76.5Percentage of total population
20Slovenia75.8Percentage of total population
21Poland75.2Percentage of total population
22France75.1Percentage of total population
23Spain74.9Percentage of total population
24Luxembourg74.3Percentage of total population
25Bulgaria73.5Percentage of total population
26Serbia73.0Percentage of total population
27Croatia72.4Percentage of total population
28Belgium71.9Percentage of total population
29Greece70.9Percentage of total population
30Romania67.1Percentage of total population
31Italy66.7Percentage of total population
32The Republic of North Macedonia66.6Percentage of total population
33Bosnia and Herzegovina62.8Percentage of total population
34Türkiye60.1Percentage of total population
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Data Source

This data comes from Eurostat, European Commission (2025).

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