Labour Force Statistics 1984-2004

This annual edition of Labour Force Statistics provides detailed statistics on population, labour force, employment and unemployment, broken down by gender, as well as unemployment duration, employment status, employment by sector of activity and part-time employment.

It also contains participation and unemployment rates by gender and detailed age groups as well as comparative tables for the main components of the labour force.

Data are available for each OECD Member country and for OECD-Total, Euro zone and EU15.

The time series presented in the publication cover 20 years for most countries.

It also provides information on the sources and definitions used by Member countries in the compilation of those statistics.