Male employment in the United States and EU-15 countries by age group, 1990–2014

25 to 34 US 35 to 44 US 45 to 54 US 55 to 64 US 25 to 34 EU15 35 to 44 EU15 45 to 54 EU15 55 to 64 EU15
1990/01/01 88.9% 90.5% 87.3% 65.2% 86.9% 91.9% 87.5% 52.4%
1991/01/01 87.1% 88.9% 86.1% 63.9% 86.8% 92.0% 87.9% 51.1%
1992/01/01 86.4% 88.0% 85.6% 63.1% 84.9% 90.6% 86.7% 49.9%
1993/01/01 86.9% 88.2% 85.5% 63.1% 82.9% 89.2% 85.3% 48.1%
1994/01/01 87.1% 88.6% 85.5% 62.6% 82.2% 88.4% 84.8% 47.3%
1995/01/01 88.2% 88.3% 85.7% 63.6% 82.7% 88.9% 84.7% 47.1%
1996/01/01 88.6% 88.7% 86.0% 64.7% 82.3% 88.6% 84.5% 47.2%
1997/01/01 89.0% 89.2% 86.7% 65.5% 82.6% 88.6% 84.4% 47.2%
1998/01/01 89.5% 89.8% 86.7% 66.2% 83.7% 89.4% 84.8% 47.4%
1999/01/01 89.9% 90.2% 86.5% 66.1% 84.4% 89.5% 85.1% 47.3%
2000/01/01 90.2% 90.1% 86.4% 65.7% 85.1% 90.2% 85.6% 49.4%
2001/01/01 88.8% 89.2% 85.7% 66.0% 85.2% 90.3% 85.8% 50.1%
2002/01/01 87.1% 88.0% 84.7% 66.3% 84.6% 89.6% 85.6% 51.3%
2003/01/01 86.2% 87.5% 83.8% 65.6% 83.9% 89.5% 86.0% 51.4%
2004/01/01 86.9% 88.0% 84.1% 66.0% 84.2% 89.2% 85.3% 52.1%
2005/01/01 87.4% 88.7% 84.7% 67.0% 84.2% 89.2% 85.9% 53.1%
2006/01/01 87.6% 89.0% 85.4% 67.5% 84.9% 89.7% 86.5% 53.9%
2007/01/01 87.9% 89.3% 85.4% 67.4% 85.6% 90.2% 87.1% 55.0%
2008/01/01 85.9% 88.0% 84.2% 67.7% 85.3% 89.9% 87.1% 56.1%
2009/01/01 80.4% 83.8% 80.3% 65.2% 81.5% 87.6% 85.5% 56.1%
2010/01/01 79.9% 83.7% 79.4% 64.4% 80.9% 86.9% 85.1% 56.2%
2011/01/01 80.5% 84.2% 79.8% 64.4% 80.6% 86.9% 85.0% 56.7%
2012/01/01 82.2% 84.9% 80.7% 65.5% 79.4% 86.0% 84.2% 57.9%
2013/01/01 82.4% 85.5% 80.6% 66.0% 78.5% 85.2% 83.6% 59.0%
2014/01/01 83.0% 86.3% 81.8% 66.8% 79.3% 85.5% 83.8% 60.2%

Source: EPI analysis of Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD) data.

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