Switzerland Employment Rate

Employment Rate in Switzerland decreased to 79.90 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 80.60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in Switzerland averaged 79.06 percent from 1996 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 81.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 and a record low of 76.90 percent in the second quarter of 1997.

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Switzerland Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	2.10	2.10	5.70	1.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	5098.00	5078.00	5098.00	3242.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	99552.00	97578.00	206291.00	26.00		[+]
Productivity	102.42	102.54	104.72	77.83	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	36721.00	36591.00	36832.00	6014.00		[+]
Wages	6291.00	6260.00	6291.00	5082.00	CHF/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	112.40	113.10	113.20	100.00	Index Points	[+]
Population	8.48	8.42	8.48	5.30	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	64.00	64.00	64.00	63.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Wage Growth	0.50	0.50	7.80	0.10	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	2.50	2.10	5.70	1.40	percent	[+]
Job Offers	83600.00	77273.00	83600.00	29043.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	68.30	68.70	68.80	66.80	percent	[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.70	1.80	2.00	1.40	percent	[+]
Non Farm Payrolls	5109.00	5071.00	5109.00	3841.00	Thousand	[+]
Part Time Employment	1698.70	1691.90	1699.40	1064.50	Thousand	[+]
Employment Change	0.40	0.30	1.20	-0.60	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	79.90	80.60	81.30	76.90	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	2794.30	2832.20	2841.10	2628.90	Thousand	[+]

In Switzerland, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - Switzerland Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Switzerland Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on September of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	79.90	80.60	81.30	76.90	1996 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Mexico	96.29	Jul/19	96.43	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	79.90	Mar/19	80.6	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.70	Mar/19	77.9	77.9 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.30	Mar/19	76.5	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Jun/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.00	Jun/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	64.49	Jun/19	63.58	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.60	Jul/19	62.5	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.00	Aug/19	61.9	63.7 : 56	%
South Korea	61.40	Aug/19	61.5	61.6 : 56.1	%
United States	60.90	Aug/19	60.7	64.7 : 55	%
Japan	60.70	Jul/19	60.8	65.4 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.70	Jul/19	59.4	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	59.10	Jul/19	59.2	59.2 : 55.3	%
Brazil	54.70	Jul/19	54.6	57.3 : 53.1	%
India	46.80	Dec/18	47.8	50.8 : 46.8	%
Turkey	45.60	Jun/19	45.4	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	42.44	Jun/19	42.56	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.30	Mar/19	42.2	43.4 : 36.3	%