Table 4.1
Evolution of males' employment rate, for age group 55 to 64, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, 1971 to 2003

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Countries 1971 1975 1985 1989 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 Varariation in %
Germany2 77.1 66.7 53.6 51.7 47.9 48.2 47.8 48.0 45.4 47.1 -38.9
Belgium ... ... 43.1 36.3 32.9 34.5 32.2 35.1 35.1 38.7 -10.2
Denmark ... ... 61.9 65.0 60.6 63.2 61.0 59.9 63.1 68.0 9.9
Spain 82.71 76.7 59.1 56.7 51.6 48.0 50.5 52.4 57.9 59.3 -28.3
Finland 71.8 64.6 48.7 44.2 36.1 34.9 37.8 40.1 46.7 51.4 -28.4
France 73.0 67.2 46.8 43.7 40.3 38.4 38.4 38.9 41.4 41.0 -43.8
Italy ... ... ... 49.6 47.0 42.3 41.5 40.8 38.5 42.6 13.6
Netherlands 79.3 69.9 44.2 44.5 41.2 39.9 43.3 48.8 50.5 56.1 -29.3
Portugal 82.1 77.3 64.7 63.6 59.8 57.7 58.1 62.1 61.6 61.6 -25.0
United Kingdom 82.9 ... 62.3 61.8 55.9 56.1 58.6 59.4 61.6 65.0 -21.6
Sweden 82.8 80.7 73.2 73.6 65.9 64.4 64.7 67.1 69.6 71.2 -14.0
EU-15 ... ... ... ... ... 46.8 47.0 47.3 47.8 51.5 10.0
Japan 85.3 83.3 78.8 79.2 82.1 80.8 80.9 79.5 77.5 77.4 -9.3
United States 79.4 72.4 65.0 64.9 63.1 63.6 65.5 66.1 65.8 65.6 -17.4
Canada 78.7 76.2 64.3 61.2 54.3 53.7 55.1 56.8 57.6 ... -26.8
1. 1972.
2. FRG , after 1989 Reunited Germany.
Source: OECD data , except : Italy and EU-15 (Eurostat).
Table source: Statistics Canada, 2008, New Frontiers of Research on Retirement, catalogue number 75-511-XWE.