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Total employment rate in the European Union from 1st quarter 2005 to 4th quarter 2025, by gender

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	68%	73.3%	62.6%
2019-Q1	67.7%	73%	62.5%
2019-Q2	68.5%	73.8%	63.2%
2019-Q3	68.8%	74.3%	63.3%
2019-Q4	68.7%	74.1%	63.3%
2020-Q1	67.9%	73.1%	62.7%
2020-Q2	66.8%	72%	61.6%
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%	74.1%	64.5%
2022-Q1	69.1%	74%	64.2%
2022-Q2	69.9%	74.8%	65%
2022-Q3	70.1%	75.2%	65.1%
2022-Q4	70%	74.8%	65.3%
2023-Q1	69.8%	74.6%	65.1%
2023-Q2	70.5%	75.2%	65.9%
2023-Q3	70.7%	75.5%	65.8%
2023-Q4	70.6%	75.2%	66%
2024-Q1	70.3%	74.9%	65.7%
2024-Q2	70.9%	75.4%	66.4%
2024-Q3	71.7%	75.7%	66.5%
2024-Q4	70.9%	75.4%	66.4%
2025-Q1	70.6%	75%	66.2%
2025-Q2	71.2%	75.5%	66.9%
2025-Q3	71.3%	75.7%	66.9%
2025-Q4	71.1%	75.4%	66.8%

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Release date

April 2026

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Region

Europe, EU

Survey time period

Q1 2005 to Q4 2025

Age group

15-64 years

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The total employment rate in the European Union reached 71.1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025, a slight decrease on the previous quarter 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 75.4 percent, while the rate for females is around 66.8 percent. The gap between men and women has declined since 2005, when the gap was almost 15 percent, rather than the 8.6 percent it is today.