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CHART 2.5
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Employment as a percent of the working-age population,
2005
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- New Zealand, Canada, the United States, and the Netherlands 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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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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