Activity rate

As an economic indicator, the employment rate describes the proportion of the labor force ( employed plus unemployed ) in the population in the same age range, often but not always in relation to the 15 to 64 year olds. It differs from the employment rate ( employment rate ), which only records people who have work.

Economically active persons and employed persons in Germany - in% of the population

Depending on the reference population, a distinction is made between:

• Gross employment rate: proportion of the labor force in relation to the total resident population .
• Standardized employment rate: Proportion of the labor force in the resident population from a certain minimum age (usually 15 years).
• Net employment rate: Proportion of the labor force in the resident population of working age (usually 15 years to the statutory retirement age).

calculation

${\displaystyle \mathrm {Erwerbsquote} ={\frac {\mathrm {Erwerbst{\ddot {a}}tige+Erwerbslose} }{\mathrm {Bev{\ddot {o}}lkerung\;(erwerbsf.Alter)} }}}$

${\displaystyle \mathrm {Erwerbst{\ddot {a}}tigenquote} ={\frac {\mathrm {Erwerbst{\ddot {a}}tige} }{\mathrm {Bev{\ddot {o}}lkerung\;(erwerbsf.Alter)} }}}$

Employment rate in Germany

year	Gross employment rate
2000	52.7%
2001	52.5%
2002	52.6%
2003	52.6%
2004	53.2%
2005	53.7%
2006	53.7%
2007	53.9%
2008	54.2%
2009	54.6%
2010	54.6%
2011	54.7%
2012	54.9%
2013	55.1%
2014	55.2%
2015	55.1%
2016	55.0%
2017	55.3%
2018	55.7%

See also

• Female employment rate

Web links

• State Statistical Office of Baden-Württemberg
• Swiss Federal Statistical Office

Individual evidence

1. ^ Publisher: Overall Economy & Environment - Labor Market - Employment Rate - Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Retrieved November 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Employment rate. Federal Statistical Office , accessed on June 27, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Employment rate in Germany from 1991 to 2018. Statista , accessed on October 24, 2019 .