§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the participation of workers aged over 65 years in paid employment for OECD countries, by occupation type and average earnings. [53764]
§ Maria EagleThe information is not readily available. Such information as is available is in the table.
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Employment rate of those aged 65 years and over for OECD countries, 2000 Percentage OECD data Eurostat data Australia 5.9 — Austria — 2.9 Belgium 1.6 1.6 Canada 5.9 — Czech Republic 3.9 — Denmark 2.5 2.5 Finland 3.9 2.3 France 1.3 1.1 Germany 2.8 2.6 Greece 5.3 5.3 Hungary 2.7 — Iceland 31.6 35.3 Ireland — 8.0
Employment rate of those aged 65 years and over for OECD countries, 2000 Percentage OECD data Eurostat data Italy 3.2 3.1 Japan 22.1 — Korea 29.0 — Luxembourg 1.7 1.6 Mexico 31.3 — Netherlands 3.2 2.6 New Zealand 7.6 — Norway 10.8 10.5 Poland 7.6 — Portugal 18.4 18.4 Slovak Republic 0.7 — Spain 1.6 1.6 Sweden 10.2 4.9 Switzerland 10.3 9.4 Turkey 20.2 — UK 5.2 5.2 US 12.4 — Notes:
- 1. The employment rate is the proportion of all those aged 65 and over who are in employment. Persons in employment are defined as those who, during the reference week, did any work for pay or profit, or were not working but had jobs from which they were temporarily absent. Family workers are included.
- 2. As OECD data are not available for all OECD countries, Eurostat data have also been provided to give a more comprehensive picture.
- 3. Figures are rounded to one decimal place.
- 4. OECD data for Hungary and Iceland show employment rates for those aged 65 to 74 only and not for all those aged 65 and over.
Source:
OECD data are calculated from OECD Labour Market Statistics; Eurostat data are from European Social Statistics—Labour Force Survey Result 2000, Table 4, European Communities, 2001.