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Table 2 Share of population in employment and OUP work, people aged 15–64 (per cent of working-age persons)

From: Accounting for total work in labour statisticsDer Gesamtbetrag der Arbeit in den Arbeitsmarktstatistiken

Country and sex

Employment and OUP work

Employment only

OUP work only

No work

Total

Men and Women

France

35.1

24.7

27.5

12.6

100.0

Germany

40.1

23.5

26.2

10.1

100.0

Italy

26.7

26.6

34.1

12.6

100.0

Netherlands

45.3

27.9

19.0

7.8

100.0

UK

39.5

29.3

23.2

8.0

100.0

US

44.4

30.6

17.6

7.4

100.0

Men

France

27.7

40.0

16.8

15.5

100.0

Germany

37.4

36.4

14.3

11.9

100.0

Italy

21.3

45.0

16.9

16.9

100.0

Netherlands

36.4

42.8

11.8

9.1

100.0

UK

33.2

41.7

14.7

10.4

100.0

US

40.7

40.9

9.9

8.5

100.0

Women

France

42.5

9.7

38.0

9.8

100.0

Germany

42.4

12.4

36.5

8.7

100.0

Italy

31.9

8.8

50.9

8.4

100.0

Netherlands

52.2

16.5

24.5

6.8

100.0

UK

45.7

17.2

31.6

5.6

100.0

US

47.9

20.7

25.0

6.4

100.0

  1. Source: authors’ elaboration on data from MTUS