Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate 1991-2024
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 2023 was 42.24%, a 1.09% increase from 2022.
- Euro Area labor force participation rate for 2022 was 41.16%, a 1.42% increase from 2021.
- Euro Area labor force participation rate for 2021 was 39.74%, a 1.48% increase from 2020.
- Euro Area labor force participation rate for 2020 was 38.25%, a 1.42% decline from 2019.
| Euro Area Labor Force Participation Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Participation Rate for Ages 15-24 |
Annual Change |
| 2023 |
42.24% |
1.09% |
| 2022 |
41.16% |
1.42% |
| 2021 |
39.74% |
1.48% |
| 2020 |
38.25% |
-1.42% |
| 2019 |
39.67% |
0.12% |
| 2018 |
39.55% |
0.21% |
| 2017 |
39.35% |
0.10% |
| 2016 |
39.25% |
-0.03% |
| 2015 |
39.28% |
-0.44% |
| 2014 |
39.72% |
-0.76% |
| 2013 |
40.48% |
-0.03% |
| 2012 |
40.51% |
-0.50% |
| 2011 |
41.01% |
-0.43% |
| 2010 |
41.44% |
-1.04% |
| 2009 |
42.48% |
-0.86% |
| 2008 |
43.34% |
0.08% |
| 2007 |
43.25% |
0.30% |
| 2006 |
42.95% |
-0.01% |
| 2005 |
42.96% |
-0.29% |
| 2004 |
43.26% |
-0.26% |
| 2003 |
43.51% |
-0.24% |
| 2002 |
43.75% |
0.14% |
| 2001 |
43.61% |
-0.45% |
| 2000 |
44.06% |
0.06% |
| 1999 |
43.99% |
0.65% |
| 1998 |
43.35% |
0.62% |
| 1997 |
42.73% |
-0.29% |
| 1996 |
43.02% |
-0.93% |
| 1995 |
43.95% |
-1.11% |
| 1994 |
45.07% |
-1.23% |
| 1993 |
46.29% |
-1.57% |
| 1992 |
47.86% |
-1.88% |
| 1991 |
49.74% |
-1.88% |
