EU Labour Force Survey – Principal results 2005

This publication presents the figures of the 2005 European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). The main outcomes are: - The employment rate in the European Union for people aged 15-64 was 63.8% in 2005. - The female employment rate reached 56.3% in the EU-25 (0.7 point below the Lisbon mid-term target). This is the result of a continuous increase of female participation in employment since 1997. - The employment rate for older people (i.e those aged 55-64) reached 42.5%, up from the 36.6% registered in 2000. In this publication one can also find data on several aspects of the labour market of the European Union, Candidate and EFTA countries, such as part-time work, temporary contracts, occupations and participation in education.