Employment to population ratio: compare countries

See Employment to population ratio for up to four countries side by side.

To start, we chose Japan, United States, Germany. Add or remove countries to compare the ones you want.

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Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Employment to population ratio: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States	Germany
Dec 31, 2002	57.9%	61.8%	52.9%
Dec 31, 2003	57.6%	61.3%	52.2%
Dec 31, 2004	57.6%	61.4%	51.3%
Dec 31, 2005	57.7%	61.7%	51.8%
Dec 31, 2006	57.9%	62.2%	52.9%
Dec 31, 2007	58.0%	62.0%	53.9%
Dec 31, 2008	57.7%	61.2%	54.7%
Dec 31, 2009	56.8%	58.4%	54.5%
Dec 31, 2010	56.5%	57.6%	55.1%
Dec 31, 2011	56.6%	57.6%	56.3%
Dec 31, 2012	56.4%	58.0%	56.7%
Dec 31, 2013	56.9%	58.1%	57.1%
Dec 31, 2014	57.3%	58.6%	57.4%
Dec 31, 2015	57.5%	59.0%	57.4%
Dec 31, 2016	58.1%	59.4%	57.9%
Dec 31, 2017	58.7%	59.8%	58.4%
Dec 31, 2018	59.9%	60.2%	58.8%
Dec 31, 2019	60.6%	60.5%	59.4%
Dec 31, 2020	60.2%	56.6%	58.1%
Dec 31, 2021	60.3%	58.2%	58.2%
Dec 31, 2022	60.9%	59.5%	58.9%
Dec 31, 2023	61.3%	59.8%	59.2%
Dec 31, 2024	61.7%	59.5%	58.8%
Dec 31, 2025	61.9%	59.1%	58.3%