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Employment rate of men aged 20 to 64
What share of men aged 20 to 64 are in employment, in each European country?
% of men aged 20 to 64 in employment
- Malta89.1% 2025
- Czechia88.2% 2025
- Iceland87.7% 2025
- Netherlands87.2% 2025
- Cyprus86.4% 2025
- Switzerland85.7% 2025
- Hungary85.1% 2025
- Ireland84.7% 2025
- Germany84.5% 2025
- Poland84.5% 2025
- Sweden83.7% 2025
- Denmark82.9% 2025
- Portugal82.4% 2025
- Slovakia82.4% 2025
- Norway82.0% 2025
- Estonia81.9% 2025
- Austria81.0% 2025
- Bulgaria80.6% 2025
- Slovenia80.6% 2025
- Greece79.7% 2025
- Lithuania79.7% 2025
- Latvia79.2% 2025
- France78.3% 2025
- Romania78.2% 2025
- Luxembourg77.3% 2025
Source: Eurostat, Employment and labour force by sex and age (lfsi_emp_a). Data for 2025. What it counts, how to cite it and the data
At a glance
- 34 countries or territories have a figure.
- The highest is Malta at 89.1% (2025) and the lowest is North Macedonia at 73.1% (2025).
- The middle value (the median) is 80.8%.
What it counts
Men aged 20 to 64 in employment as a share of all men of that age, from the EU labour force survey, in the latest year each country reports (since 2022).
What it leaves out, and how far to trust a comparison
An hour of paid work counts as employment, so the rate does not show full-time work, pay or security. Compare with the chart for women, and remember that unpaid work is not counted for either.
Source
Eurostat: Employment and labour force by sex and age (lfsi_emp_a). Source licence: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.
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Reference (APA style)
TheLawToKnow. (2026). Employment rate of men aged 20 to 64 [Chart]. Law in Charts. https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/men-employment-rate. Data: Eurostat, Employment and labour force by sex and age (lfsi_emp_a), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_emp_a/default/table (data retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25).
Short credit for slides and websites
Chart: TheLawToKnow, Law in Charts (https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/men-employment-rate). Data: Eurostat.
BibTeX
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title = {Employment rate of men aged 20 to 64},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {Law in Charts},
url = {https://tools.thelawtoknow.com/law-in-charts/men-employment-rate},
note = {Data: Eurostat, Employment and labour force by sex and age (lfsi_emp_a), https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/lfsi_emp_a/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-23 to 2026-10-25.}
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