Topic Highlights:
Key indicator: Labour market
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Labour market |
Year | DE |
EU27 |
Position DE |
No |
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| Employment rate (%) | 2007 | 69,4 | 65,4 | 8 of 27 | ||
| Employment rate of 55 to 64-year-olds (%) | 2007 | 51,5 | 44,7 | 10 of 27 | ||
| Female employment rate (%) | 2007 | 64,0 | 58,3 | 9 of 27 | ||
| Average number of hours worked per week (full-time employees) | 2007 | 41,7 | 41,8 | 10 of 27 | ||
| Hourly labour costs in industry and services (in Euro) | 2006 1) | 27,70 | 20,35 | 6 of 25 | EL, IE | |
| Unemployment rate (%) |  |
2007 | 8,4 | 7,1 | 25 of 27 | |
| Long-term unemployment rate (%) | |
2007 | 4,7 | 3,1 | 25 of 27 | |
| Unemployment rate of 15 to 64 year-olds with lower secondary level education (%) | |
2007 | 17,0 | 10,9 | 23 of 27 | |
| Unemployment rate of 15 to 64 year-olds having completed tertiary level of education (%) | |
2007 2) | 3,8 | 4,0 | 19 of 26 | MT |
| Youth unemployment rate (aged 25 and under, %) | |
2007 | 11,1 | 15,,3 | 11 of 27 | |
| Explanatory notes | ||||||
| 1) EU, LN, UK = 2005; IT = 2004 | ||||||
| 2) EE = 2006 | ||||||
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= Ranked in ascending rather than descending order |
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