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 % |
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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. |
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