Statistics in Focus: Population and social conditions. Labour Market Latest Trends 4th quarter 2005 data Increasing trend for the employment rate. 2006.11

Abstract

This publication belongs to a quarterly series presenting the European Union Labour Force Survey main results for the EU-25 and for all Member States. The employment rate in the EU-25 increased by 0.4 percentage points in the fourth quarter 2005 compared with the same quarter one year before. Indeed, in the fourth quarter 2005, 64.0% of the working age population (15-64 years of age) had a job or were engaged in any economic activity in the EU-25, compared with 63.6% in the fourth quarter of 2004. Spain recorded the highest rise of the member states, reaching 64.0%1.