Persons in employment are those who, during the reference week, did any work for pay or profit for at least one hour, or were not working but had jobs from which they were temporarily absent. Family workers are included. The distinction between full-time and part-time work is made on the basis of a spontaneous answer given by the respondent. It is impossible to establish a more exact distinction between part-time and full-time work, due to variations in working hours between Member States and branches of industry.
|
Total
|
| |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| European Union (changing composition) |
17.7
|
17.9
|
18.1
|
18.6
|
19.4
|
18.4
|
18.7
|
18.2
|
18.2
|
18.8
|
19.2
|
19.5
|
| EU (27 countries) |
16.2
|
16.2
|
16.2
|
16.6
|
17.2
|
17.8
|
18.1
|
18.2
|
18.2
|
18.8
|
19.2
|
19.5
|
| Euro area (changing composition) |
16.3
|
16.2
|
16.4
|
16.8
|
17.9
|
19.0
|
19.5
|
19.7
|
19.8
|
20.0
|
20.5
|
20.9
|
| Euro area (17 countries) |
15.6
|
15.8
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
17.5
|
18.6
|
19.1
|
19.3
|
19.4
|
20.0
|
20.4
|
20.9
|
| Euro area (16 countries) |
15.6
|
15.8
|
16.0
|
16.5
|
17.5
|
18.6
|
19.2
|
19.4
|
19.5
|
20.0
|
20.5
|
21.0
|
| Belgium |
18.9
|
18.5
|
19.1
|
20.5
|
21.4
|
22.0
|
22.2
|
22.1
|
22.6
|
23.4
|
24.0
|
25.1
|
| Bulgaria |
..
|
3.2
|
2.5
|
2.3
|
2.4
|
2.1
|
2.0
|
1.7
|
2.3
|
2.3
|
2.4
|
2.4
|
| Czech Republic |
5.3
|
4.9
|
4.9
|
5.0
|
4.9
|
4.9
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
4.9
|
5.5
|
5.9
|
5.5
|
| Denmark |
21.3
|
20.1
|
20.0
|
21.3
|
22.2
|
22.1
|
23.6
|
23.7
|
24.4
|
25.9
|
26.3
|
25.9
|
| Germany |
19.4
|
20.3
|
20.8
|
21.7
|
22.3
|
24.0
(b)
|
25.8
|
26.1
|
25.9
|
26.1
|
26.2
|
26.6
|
| Estonia |
8.1
|
8.2
|
7.7
|
8.5
|
8.0
|
7.8
|
7.8
|
8.2
|
7.2
|
10.5
|
11.0
|
10.6
|
| Ireland |
16.4
|
16.5
|
16.5
|
16.9
|
16.8
|
..
|
..
|
17.7
|
18.6
|
21.3
|
22.5
|
23.6
|
| Greece |
4.5
|
4.0
|
4.4
|
4.3
|
4.6
|
5.0
|
5.7
|
5.6
|
5.6
|
6.0
|
6.4
|
6.8
|
| Spain |
7.9
|
8.0
|
8.0
|
8.2
|
8.7
|
12.4
(b)
|
12.0
|
11.8
|
12.0
|
12.8
|
13.3
|
13.8
|
| France |
16.7
|
16.3
|
16.4
|
16.8
|
17.0
|
17.2
|
17.2
|
17.3
|
17.0
|
17.4
|
17.8
|
17.9
|
| Italy |
8.4
|
8.4
|
8.6
|
8.5
|
12.7
(b)
|
12.8
|
13.3
|
13.6
|
14.3
|
14.3
|
15.0
|
15.5
|
| Cyprus |
8.4
|
8.4
|
7.2
|
8.9
|
8.6
|
8.9
|
7.7
|
7.3
|
7.8
|
8.4
|
9.3
|
10.2
|
| Latvia |
11.3
|
10.3
|
9.7
|
10.3
|
10.4
|
8.3
|
6.5
|
6.4
|
6.3
|
8.9
|
9.7
|
9.2
|
| Lithuania |
10.2
|
9.9
|
10.8
|
9.6
|
8.4
|
7.1
|
9.9
|
8.6
|
6.7
|
8.3
|
8.1
|
8.9
|
| Luxembourg |
10.4
|
10.4
|
10.7
|
13.4
|
16.4
|
17.4
|
17.1
|
17.8
|
18.0
|
18.2
|
17.9
|
18.4
|
| Hungary |
3.5
|
3.6
|
3.6
|
4.4
|
4.7
|
4.1
|
4.0
|
4.1
|
4.6
|
5.6
|
5.8
|
6.8
|
| Malta |
6.8
|
7.4
|
8.3
|
9.2
|
8.7
|
9.6
|
10.0
|
10.9
|
11.5
|
11.3
|
12.5
|
13.2
|
| Netherlands |
41.5
|
42.2
|
43.9
|
45.0
|
45.5
|
46.1
|
46.2
|
46.8
|
47.3
|
48.3
|
48.9
(b)
|
49.1
|
| Austria |
16.3
|
18.2
|
19.0
|
18.7
|
19.8
(b)
|
21.1
|
21.8
|
22.6
|
23.3
|
24.6
|
25.2
|
25.2
|
| Poland |
10.5
|
10.3
|
10.8
|
10.5
|
10.8
|
10.8
|
9.8
|
9.2
|
8.5
|
8.4
|
8.3
|
8.0
|
| Portugal |
10.9
|
11.1
|
11.2
|
11.7
|
11.3
|
11.2
|
11.3
|
12.1
|
11.9
|
11.6
|
11.6
|
13.3
(b)
|
| Romania |
16.5
|
16.6
|
11.8
(b)
|
11.5
|
10.6
|
10.2
|
9.7
|
9.7
|
9.9
|
9.8
|
11.0
|
10.5
|
| Slovenia |
6.5
|
6.1
|
6.1
|
6.2
|
9.3
|
9.0
|
9.2
|
9.3
|
9.0
|
10.6
|
11.4
|
10.4
|
| Slovakia |
2.1
|
2.3
|
1.9
|
2.4
|
2.7
|
2.5
|
2.8
|
2.6
|
2.7
|
3.6
|
3.9
|
4.1
|
| Finland |
12.3
|
12.2
|
12.8
|
13.0
|
13.5
|
13.7
|
14.0
|
14.1
|
13.3
|
14.0
|
14.6
|
14.9
|
| Sweden |
19.5
|
21.1
|
21.5
|
22.9
|
23.6
|
24.7
(b)
|
25.1
|
25.0
|
26.6
|
27.0
|
26.4
|
26.0
|
| United Kingdom |
25.1
|
25.0
|
25.3
|
25.6
|
25.7
|
25.2
|
25.3
|
25.2
|
25.3
|
26.1
|
26.9
|
26.8
|
| Iceland |
..
|
..
|
..
|
22.1
|
22.2
|
22.2
|
17.1
|
21.7
|
20.5
|
23.6
|
22.9
|
20.8
|
| Norway |
25.8
|
26.0
|
26.4
|
28.8
|
29.2
|
28.2
|
28.7
|
28.2
|
28.2
|
28.6
|
28.4
|
28.1
|
| Switzerland |
30.5
|
31.8
|
31.7
|
32.7
|
33.0
|
33.1
|
33.3
|
33.5
|
34.3
|
34.8
|
35.3
(b)
|
35.2
|
| Montenegro |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
| Croatia |
..
|
..
|
8.3
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
10.1
|
9.4
|
8.6
|
8.8
|
9.0
|
9.7
|
9.9
|
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
6.6
|
6.7
|
5.8
|
5.6
|
5.9
|
6.3
|
| Turkey |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
7.6
|
8.4
|
9.3
|
11.3
|
11.7
|
12.0
|
|
Males
|
| |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| European Union (changing composition) |
6.1
|
6.2
|
6.6
|
6.8
|
7.2
|
7.4
|
7.7
|
7.7
|
7.8
|
8.3
|
8.7
|
9.0
|
| EU (27 countries) |
6.5
|
6.6
|
6.6
|
6.7
|
7.1
|
7.4
|
7.7
|
7.7
|
7.8
|
8.3
|
8.7
|
9.0
|
| Euro area (changing composition) |
5.5
|
5.5
|
5.7
|
5.8
|
6.3
|
7.0
|
7.4
|
7.5
|
7.6
|
8.0
|
8.4
|
8.9
|
| Euro area (17 countries) |
5.4
|
5.4
|
5.6
|
5.8
|
6.2
|
6.9
|
7.3
|
7.4
|
7.5
|
8.0
|
8.4
|
8.9
|
| Euro area (16 countries) |
5.4
|
5.4
|
5.6
|
5.8
|
6.2
|
6.9
|
7.3
|
7.4
|
7.5
|
8.0
|
8.4
|
8.9
|
| Belgium |
5.5
|
5.2
|
5.6
|
6.4
|
6.8
|
7.6
|
7.4
|
7.5
|
7.9
|
8.6
|
9.0
|
9.8
|
| Bulgaria |
..
|
2.9
|
2.1
|
1.9
|
2.1
|
1.7
|
1.5
|
1.3
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.2
|
2.2
|
| Czech Republic |
2.2
|
2.2
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.3
|
2.1
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.2
|
2.8
|
2.9
|
2.5
|
| Denmark |
10.2
|
10.2
|
11.1
|
11.6
|
12.1
|
12.7
|
13.3
|
13.3
|
14.3
|
15.3
|
15.1
|
15.3
|
| Germany |
5.0
|
5.3
|
5.8
|
6.1
|
6.5
|
7.8
(b)
|
9.3
|
9.4
|
9.3
|
9.6
|
9.7
|
10.3
|
| Estonia |
5.3
|
5.1
|
4.8
|
5.4
|
5.4
|
4.9
|
4.3
|
4.3
|
4.1
|
7.0
|
7.1
|
5.6
|
| Ireland |
6.9
|
6.6
|
6.5
|
6.6
|
6.1
|
..
|
..
|
7.0
|
7.8
|
10.7
|
11.8
|
13.1
|
| Greece |
2.6
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.2
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.9
|
2.7
|
2.8
|
3.2
|
3.7
|
4.5
|
| Spain |
2.8
|
2.8
|
2.6
|
2.6
|
2.8
|
4.5
(b)
|
4.3
|
4.1
|
4.2
|
4.9
|
5.4
|
6.0
|
| France |
5.3
|
5.0
|
5.2
|
5.6
|
5.5
|
5.8
|
5.8
|
5.7
|
5.7
|
6.0
|
6.7
|
6.9
|
| Italy |
3.7
|
3.5
|
3.5
|
3.2
|
4.8
(b)
|
4.6
|
4.7
|
5.0
|
5.3
|
5.1
|
5.5
|
5.9
|
| Cyprus |
4.5
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
5.5
|
4.8
|
5.0
|
4.3
|
4.4
|
4.8
|
5.2
|
6.5
|
7.7
|
| Latvia |
9.7
|
8.6
|
7.6
|
7.9
|
7.7
|
6.3
|
4.7
|
4.9
|
4.5
|
7.5
|
7.8
|
7.3
|
| Lithuania |
9.2
|
8.4
|
9.4
|
7.4
|
6.5
|
5.1
|
7.9
|
7.0
|
4.9
|
7.0
|
6.7
|
7.1
|
| Luxembourg |
1.7
|
1.4
|
1.8
|
1.6
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
2.6
|
2.6
|
2.7
|
5.6
|
4.0
|
4.8
|
| Hungary |
2.0
|
2.2
|
2.3
|
2.8
|
3.2
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
2.8
|
3.3
|
3.9
|
3.9
|
4.7
|
| Malta |
3.0
|
3.2
|
3.9
|
3.8
|
4.1
|
4.5
|
4.9
|
4.4
|
4.5
|
5.1
|
6.0
|
6.7
|
| Netherlands |
19.3
|
20.0
|
21.2
|
22.0
|
22.3
|
22.6
|
23.0
|
23.6
|
23.9
|
24.9
|
25.4
(b)
|
25.4
|
| Austria |
4.1
|
4.8
|
5.1
|
4.7
|
4.9
(b)
|
6.1
|
6.5
|
7.2
|
8.1
|
8.7
|
9.0
|
8.9
|
| Poland |
8.2
|
8.3
|
8.5
|
8.2
|
8.2
|
8.0
|
7.1
|
6.6
|
5.9
|
5.8
|
5.7
|
5.5
|
| Portugal |
6.4
|
6.7
|
7.0
|
7.3
|
7.1
|
7.0
|
7.4
|
8.0
|
7.4
|
7.5
|
8.2
|
10.7
(b)
|
| Romania |
14.6
|
14.9
|
10.9
(b)
|
10.9
|
10.2
|
10.0
|
9.5
|
9.2
|
9.1
|
9.1
|
10.6
|
9.6
|
| Slovenia |
5.3
|
5.0
|
4.9
|
5.2
|
7.9
|
7.2
|
7.2
|
7.7
|
7.1
|
8.4
|
8.6
|
7.9
|
| Slovakia |
1.1
|
1.2
|
1.1
|
1.3
|
1.4
|
1.3
|
1.3
|
1.1
|
1.4
|
2.7
|
2.8
|
2.8
|
| Finland |
8.0
|
7.9
|
8.3
|
8.7
|
9.0
|
9.2
|
9.3
|
9.3
|
8.9
|
9.2
|
10.0
|
10.6
|
| Sweden |
8.2
|
10.8
|
11.1
|
11.2
|
12.0
|
11.5
(b)
|
11.8
|
11.8
|
13.3
|
14.2
|
14.0
|
13.7
|
| United Kingdom |
8.9
|
9.0
|
9.6
|
10.1
|
10.3
|
10.4
|
10.6
|
10.8
|
11.3
|
11.8
|
12.6
|
12.7
|
| Iceland |
..
|
..
|
..
|
9.4
|
9.2
|
8.7
|
7.0
|
9.3
|
9.5
|
12.2
|
11.9
|
10.4
|
| Norway |
10.6
|
11.2
|
11.2
|
14.0
|
14.6
|
13.8
|
13.9
|
13.9
|
14.4
|
15.2
|
15.4
|
14.8
|
| Switzerland |
10.8
|
11.5
|
10.9
|
11.6
|
11.8
|
11.8
|
12.6
|
12.4
|
13.5
|
13.6
|
14.1
(b)
|
14.4
|
| Montenegro |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
| Croatia |
..
|
..
|
6.6
|
6.3
|
6.3
|
7.3
|
7.5
|
6.4
|
6.7
|
6.9
|
7.3
|
7.9
|
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
6.0
|
6.5
|
4.7
|
4.7
|
5.0
|
5.8
|
| Turkey |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
4.3
|
4.7
|
5.3
|
6.5
|
6.9
|
6.8
|
|
Females
|
| |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
| European Union (changing composition) |
33.2
|
33.3
|
33.3
|
33.9
|
35.1
|
32.3
|
32.6
|
31.2
|
31.1
|
31.5
|
31.9
|
32.1
|
| EU (27 countries) |
28.9
|
28.6
|
28.5
|
29.1
|
30.1
|
30.9
|
31.2
|
31.2
|
31.1
|
31.5
|
31.9
|
32.1
|
| Euro area (changing composition) |
31.3
|
30.9
|
30.9
|
31.5
|
33.1
|
34.7
|
35.2
|
35.3
|
35.1
|
34.9
|
35.3
|
35.5
|
| Euro area (17 countries) |
29.8
|
30.1
|
30.0
|
30.7
|
32.3
|
33.8
|
34.3
|
34.6
|
34.4
|
34.8
|
35.2
|
35.5
|
| Euro area (16 countries) |
29.9
|
30.2
|
30.1
|
30.8
|
32.4
|
33.9
|
34.5
|
34.7
|
34.6
|
34.9
|
35.3
|
35.6
|
| Belgium |
37.4
|
36.9
|
37.4
|
39.1
|
40.5
|
40.5
|
41.1
|
40.6
|
40.9
|
41.5
|
42.3
|
43.4
|
| Bulgaria |
..
|
3.6
|
3.0
|
2.6
|
2.7
|
2.5
|
2.5
|
2.1
|
2.7
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
2.6
|
| Czech Republic |
9.3
|
8.5
|
8.3
|
8.5
|
8.3
|
8.6
|
8.7
|
8.5
|
8.5
|
9.2
|
9.9
|
9.4
|
| Denmark |
34.1
|
31.6
|
30.3
|
32.7
|
33.8
|
33.0
|
35.4
|
35.5
|
36.0
|
37.5
|
38.4
|
37.6
|
| Germany |
37.9
|
39.3
|
39.5
|
40.8
|
41.6
|
43.8
(b)
|
45.8
|
46.1
|
45.7
|
45.4
|
45.5
|
45.7
|
| Estonia |
10.9
|
11.3
|
10.7
|
11.8
|
10.6
|
10.6
|
11.3
|
12.1
|
10.4
|
13.8
|
14.5
|
15.4
|
| Ireland |
30.3
|
30.7
|
30.6
|
31.0
|
31.5
|
..
|
..
|
32.0
|
32.4
|
33.9
|
34.8
|
35.7
|
| Greece |
7.8
|
7.2
|
8.0
|
7.7
|
8.5
|
9.3
|
10.2
|
10.1
|
9.9
|
10.4
|
10.4
|
10.2
|
| Spain |
16.8
|
16.8
|
16.8
|
17.1
|
17.9
|
24.2
(b)
|
23.2
|
22.8
|
22.7
|
23.0
|
23.2
|
23.5
|
| France |
30.8
|
30.1
|
29.8
|
29.9
|
30.4
|
30.3
|
30.3
|
30.4
|
29.5
|
30.0
|
30.1
|
30.1
|
| Italy |
16.5
|
16.6
|
16.9
|
17.3
|
25.0
(b)
|
25.6
|
26.5
|
26.9
|
27.9
|
27.9
|
29.0
|
29.3
|
| Cyprus |
13.9
|
12.9
|
11.3
|
13.2
|
13.6
|
14.0
|
12.1
|
10.9
|
11.4
|
12.5
|
12.7
|
12.9
|
| Latvia |
12.8
|
11.9
|
12.0
|
12.7
|
13.2
|
10.4
|
8.3
|
8.0
|
8.1
|
10.2
|
11.4
|
10.9
|
| Lithuania |
11.1
|
11.4
|
12.3
|
11.8
|
10.5
|
9.1
|
12.0
|
10.2
|
8.6
|
9.5
|
9.3
|
10.5
|
| Luxembourg |
25.1
|
25.8
|
25.3
|
30.7
|
36.3
|
38.2
|
36.2
|
37.2
|
38.3
|
35.1
|
36.0
|
36.1
|
| Hungary |
5.2
|
5.2
|
5.1
|
6.2
|
6.3
|
5.8
|
5.6
|
5.8
|
6.2
|
7.5
|
8.0
|
9.2
|
| Malta |
15.5
|
17.5
|
18.3
|
21.3
|
19.3
|
21.1
|
21.5
|
24.6
|
25.5
|
23.7
|
25.0
|
25.7
|
| Netherlands |
71.0
|
71.3
|
73.1
|
74.1
|
74.7
|
75.1
|
74.7
|
75.0
|
75.3
|
75.8
|
76.5
(b)
|
76.7
|
| Austria |
32.2
|
35.0
|
35.9
|
36.0
|
38.0
(b)
|
39.3
|
40.2
|
41.2
|
41.5
|
42.9
|
43.8
|
44.0
|
| Poland |
13.4
|
12.7
|
13.4
|
13.2
|
14.0
|
14.3
|
13.0
|
12.5
|
11.7
|
11.6
|
11.5
|
11.1
|
| Portugal |
16.4
|
16.4
|
16.4
|
16.9
|
16.3
|
16.2
|
15.8
|
16.9
|
17.2
|
16.4
|
15.5
|
16.3
(b)
|
| Romania |
18.6
|
18.4
|
13.0
(b)
|
12.2
|
11.2
|
10.5
|
9.8
|
10.4
|
10.8
|
10.6
|
11.4
|
11.5
|
| Slovenia |
7.8
|
7.4
|
7.5
|
7.5
|
11.0
|
11.1
|
11.6
|
11.3
|
11.4
|
13.2
|
14.7
|
13.3
|
| Slovakia |
3.1
|
3.5
|
2.7
|
3.8
|
4.2
|
4.1
|
4.7
|
4.5
|
4.2
|
4.7
|
5.4
|
5.9
|
| Finland |
17.0
|
16.8
|
17.5
|
17.7
|
18.4
|
18.6
|
19.2
|
19.3
|
18.2
|
19.0
|
19.6
|
19.6
|
| Sweden |
32.3
|
33.0
|
33.1
|
35.5
|
36.3
|
39.6
(b)
|
40.2
|
40.0
|
41.4
|
41.2
|
40.4
|
39.6
|
| United Kingdom |
44.4
|
43.9
|
43.8
|
43.9
|
43.8
|
42.6
|
42.5
|
42.2
|
41.8
|
42.5
|
43.3
|
43.1
|
| Iceland |
..
|
..
|
..
|
36.2
|
36.8
|
37.5
|
30.1
|
36.7
|
33.7
|
36.4
|
34.9
|
32.2
|
| Norway |
43.0
|
42.9
|
43.3
|
45.3
|
45.4
|
44.2
|
45.2
|
44.1
|
43.6
|
43.4
|
42.9
|
42.8
|
| Switzerland |
55.6
|
57.2
|
57.0
|
58.4
|
58.8
|
58.8
|
58.4
|
59.0
|
59.0
|
59.8
|
60.6
(b)
|
60.1
|
| Montenegro |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
| Croatia |
..
|
..
|
10.5
|
11.2
|
11.2
|
13.4
|
11.7
|
11.3
|
11.5
|
11.6
|
12.5
|
12.4
|
| Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
7.6
|
7.2
|
7.6
|
7.0
|
7.4
|
7.1
|
| Turkey |
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
..
|
17.3
|
19.1
|
20.2
|
23.7
|
23.8
|
24.7
|
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