Employment rates by sex and immigration status of workers

The employment ratio describes the number of persons aged 15 to under 65 per 100 persons of the corresponding population. The statistic shows the proportion of people working by gender and immigration status. According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Labour Force concept, workers are all persons aged 15 or more who have worked for at least one hour in the reporting week against pay (wage, salary) or as self-employed or assisting family members or are in an apprenticeship relationship. It does not matter whether the activity is a regular or only occasional activity. It follows from the ILO definition of employment that persons with ‘low employment’ within the meaning of social security schemes, soldier(s) as well as conscripts and civil servants are included as employed persons up to 2011. People who sic