Employment to population ratio: compare countries

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

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

Countries being compared

Add a country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

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