CHART 2.6
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Employment as a percent of the working-age population, 2006
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- New Zealand, Canada, and the United States had the highest percentages of the working-age population employed.
- In Italy, less than half of the working-age population was employed.
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NOTE: 2005 for the EU-15. 2004 for Singapore. The working-age population is defined as persons ages 15 or 16 and over.
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and International Labor Office.
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