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CHART 2.6

Employment as a percent of the working-age population, 2005

  • New Zealand, Canada, and the United States had the highest percentages of the working-age population employed.

  • In Italy, less than half of the working-age population was employed.

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Chart of Employment as a percent of the working-age population, 2005

NOTE: 2004 for Singapore. The working-age population is defined as persons ages 15 or 16 and over.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and International Labor Office.

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