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Table 4 Employment, unemployment and inactivity rates for 2011, by different age groups (in %)

From: The German labor market after the Great Recession: successful reforms and future challenges

 

Germany

EU 27

Total

Men

Women

Total

Men

Women

15-64 years

Employment rate

72.5

77.3

67.7

64.3

70.1

58.5

Unemployment rate

6

6.3

5.7

9.7

9.7

9.8

Inactivity rate1

22.8

17.5

28.2

28.8

22.4

35.1

55-64 years

Employment rate2

59.9 (37.9)

67 (46.5)

53 (29.4)

47.4 (37.7)

55.2 (47.7)

40.2 (28.2)

Unemployment rate

6.5

6.6

6.4

6.8

7.3

6.1

Inactivity rate

36

28.3

43.3

49.1

40.5

57.2

  1. Source: EU-Labour Force Survey (LFS) 2011.
  2. Notes: 1 According to the definition of the International Labor Organisation (ILO), an individual is classified as inactive if he or she is not part of the labor force (i.e. not working at all and not available or looking for work either).
  3. 2 Numbers in parentheses are for 2001.