According to Eurostat's last survey on the working force in 2005, 197.5 million people worked in the European Union in 2005, which means a 63.8% employment rate, half a point above the 2004 figures (63.3%). In five years, the employment rate of older people (55-64 years old) has gone from 36.6% to 42.5 (ref 08677)
In 2005, 197.5 million people aged 15 and over had a job or a business activity in the EU25. The total employment rate of people aged 15-64 was 63.8%, compared to 62.4% in 2000, and 63.3% in 2004. Employment rate for women was 56.3% in 2005, compared to 53.6% in 2000, and the rate of people aged 55-64 reached 42.5%, up from the 36.6 rate registered in 2000.These numbers come from a report published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat, statistics in focus, p
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