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205 Persons in the labour force, by sex. Selected countries. 2011. Per cent of all persons in each group1
  Total Men Women
Canada 77.8 81.5 74.2
Czech Republic 70.5 78.7 62.2
United States 73.3 78.9 67.8
Japan 73.8 84.4 63.0
Australia 76.7 82.9 70.5
New Zealand 77.8 83.6 72.2
Belgium 66.7 72.3 61.1
Denmark 79.3 82.3 76.1
Finland 75.1 77.5 72.7
France 70.4 74.7 66.1
Ireland 69.8 77.2 62.6
Italy 62.3 73.1 51.5
Mexico 63.3 82.3 45.9
Netherlands 78.4 83.6 73.1
Norway 78.0 80.1 75.8
Poland 66.1 73.0 59.4
Portugal 74.1 78.5 69.8
Spain 74.7 81.5 67.9
United Kingdom 76.5 82.7 70.4
Sweden 80.3 82.7 77.7
Germany 77.2 82.6 71.8
Hungary 62.7 68.8 56.8
1  The total labour force divided by the population aged 15-64 years.
Source: Employment Outlook, OECD.
More information:  http://www.oecd.org/ and  http://www.ssb.no/en/aku 

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