EU employment rate 2023

The total employment rate in the European reached 69.9 percent in the first quarter of 2023, a slight decline on the previous quarters, but still amongst the highest employment rates in the union since 2005. There is a marked inequality between the male and female employment rates in the EU, with the male employment rate being approximately 75 percent, while the rate for females is around 65 percent. The gap between men and women has declined since 2005, when the gap was almost 15 percent, rather than the 10 percent it is today.

Total employment rate, male employment rate, and female employment rate in the European Union from 1st quarter 2005 to 1st quarter 2023

Characteristic	Total	Male	Female
2005-Q1	61.4%	68.8%	54.1%
2005-Q2	62.2%	69.7%	54.7%
2005-Q3	62.6%	70.3%	54.9%
2005-Q4	62.4%	69.9%	54.9%
2006-Q1	62.2%	69.5%	55%
2006-Q2	63.2%	70.6%	55.9%
2006-Q3	63.9%	71.4%	56.3%
2006-Q4	63.6%	71%	56.2%
2007-Q1	63.4%	70.7%	56.1%
2007-Q2	64.3%	71.7%	57%
2007-Q3	65%	72.4%	57.6%
2007-Q4	64.6%	71.8%	57.4%
2008-Q1	64.3%	71.5%	57.2%
2008-Q2	65%	72.2%	57.8%
2008-Q3	65.4%	72.6%	58.2%
2008-Q4	64.7%	71.6%	57.9%
2009-Q1	63.5%	70%	57.1%
2009-Q2	63.8%	70.1%	57.6%
2009-Q3	63.8%	70.3%	57.4%
2009-Q4	63.3%	69.4%	57.2%
2010-Q1	62.7%	68.7%	56.8%
2010-Q2	63.5%	69.6%	57.4%
2010-Q3	63.8%	70%	57.6%
2010-Q4	63.4%	69.5%	57.3%
2011-Q1	62.9%	68.8%	57.1%
2011-Q2	63.6%	69.5%	57.7%
2011-Q3	63.8%	69.9%	57.8%
2011-Q4	63.4%	69.2%	57.6%
2012-Q1	62.7%	68.2%	57.2%
2012-Q2	63.4%	69%	57.8%
2012-Q3	63.7%	69.5%	58%
2012-Q4	63.2%	68.8%	57.6%
2013-Q1	62.4%	67.6%	57.1%
2013-Q2	63.2%	68.6%	57.8%
2013-Q3	63.6%	69.1%	58.1%
2013-Q4	63.3%	68.7%	57.9%
2014-Q1	62.9%	68%	57.8%
2014-Q2	63.7%	69%	58.5%
2014-Q3	64.3%	69.9%	58.8%
2014-Q4	64.1%	69.4%	58.8%
2015-Q1	63.6%	68.8%	58.5%
2015-Q2	64.5%	69.7%	59.3%
2015-Q3	65.1%	70.7%	59.6%
2015-Q4	64.9%	70.4%	59.6%
2016-Q1	64.7%	69.8%	59.5%
2016-Q2	65.6%	70.9%	60.3%
2016-Q3	66.1%	71.6%	60.7%
2016-Q4	65.9%	71.2%	60.6%
2017-Q1	65.7%	70.9%	60.5%
2017-Q2	66.8%	72.1%	61.4%
2017-Q3	67.3%	72.8%	61.7%
2017-Q4	67.1%	72.5%	61.7%
2018-Q1	66.8%	72.1%	61.5%
2018-Q2	67.7%	73.1%	62.4%
2018-Q3	68.2%	73.7%	62.7%
2018-Q4	67.9%	73.3%	62.5%
2019-Q1	67.7%	72.9%	62.4%
2019-Q2	68.5%	73.8%	63.2%
2019-Q3	68.8%	74.2%	63.3%
2019-Q4	68.6%	74%	63.3%
2020-Q1	67.8%	73.1%	62.6%
2020-Q2	66.8%	72%	61.5%
2020-Q3	67.6%	73%	62.2%
2020-Q4	67.8%	73%	62.5%
2021-Q1	66.7%	71.8%	61.6%
2021-Q2	68.1%	73.1%	63.1%
2021-Q3	69.2%	74.2%	64.2%
2021-Q4	69.3%	74%	64.5%
2022-Q1	69.1%	74%	64.2%
2022-Q2	70%	74.8%	65.1%
2022-Q3	70.2%	75.2%	65.1%
2022-Q4	70.1%	74.8%	65.3%
2023-Q1	69.9%	74.6%	65.2%