Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate 1990-2024
Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24 is the proportion of the population ages 15-24 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period.
- Euro Area labor force participation rate for 2022 was 41.46%, a 1.23% increase from 2021.
- Euro Area labor force participation rate for 2021 was 40.23%, a 1.5% increase from 2020.
- Euro Area labor force participation rate for 2020 was 38.73%, a 1.46% decline from 2019.
- Euro Area labor force participation rate for 2019 was 40.19%, a 0.15% increase from 2018.
| Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Participation Rate for Ages 15-24 |
Annual Change |
| 2022 |
41.46% |
1.23% |
| 2021 |
40.23% |
1.50% |
| 2020 |
38.73% |
-1.46% |
| 2019 |
40.19% |
0.15% |
| 2018 |
40.04% |
0.21% |
| 2017 |
39.83% |
0.08% |
| 2016 |
39.75% |
-0.13% |
| 2015 |
39.87% |
-0.38% |
| 2014 |
40.25% |
-0.83% |
| 2013 |
41.08% |
-0.44% |
| 2012 |
41.52% |
-0.47% |
| 2011 |
41.98% |
-0.37% |
| 2010 |
42.36% |
-1.06% |
| 2009 |
43.42% |
-0.82% |
| 2008 |
44.24% |
0.08% |
| 2007 |
44.16% |
0.25% |
| 2006 |
43.91% |
0.02% |
| 2005 |
43.90% |
0.57% |
| 2004 |
43.33% |
-0.28% |
| 2003 |
43.61% |
-0.20% |
| 2002 |
43.81% |
0.14% |
| 2001 |
43.67% |
-0.43% |
| 2000 |
44.10% |
0.07% |
| 1999 |
44.04% |
0.66% |
| 1998 |
43.37% |
0.63% |
| 1997 |
42.74% |
-0.28% |
| 1996 |
43.02% |
-0.94% |
| 1995 |
43.96% |
-1.12% |
| 1994 |
45.08% |
-1.24% |
| 1993 |
46.32% |
-1.59% |
| 1992 |
47.91% |
-1.90% |
| 1991 |
49.80% |
-1.40% |
| 1990 |
51.21% |
-1.40% |
