Australia
AU desk: Australia first; New Zealand, United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Korea and Taiwan alongside.
−0.27 pp
As of 2025 | % of population ages 15+
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.82% |
| 2024 | 64.09% |
| 2023 | 64.56% |
| 2022 | 64.40% |
| 2021 | 62.83% |
| 2020 | 60.87% |
| 2019 | 62.69% |
| 2018 | 62.29% |
| 2017 | 61.60% |
| 2016 | 61.24% |
| 2015 | 61.13% |
| 2014 | 60.85% |
| 2013 | 61.34% |
| 2012 | 61.84% |
| 2011 | 62.18% |
| 2010 | 62.07% |
| 2009 | 61.86% |
| 2008 | 62.78% |
| 2007 | 62.41% |
| 2006 | 61.75% |
| 2005 | 61.26% |
| 2004 | 60.14% |
| 2003 | 59.94% |
| 2002 | 59.46% |
The employment-to-population ratio (SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) is employed people as a share of the population aged 15 and over. Latest: 63.82% in 2025.
It is not the unemployment rate. Students, retirees and people outside the labour force sit in the denominator. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 63.82% (2025), previous year 64.09% (2024); low 55.79% (1993), high 64.56% (2023).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).