°Employment
	Employment rate by sex and nationality 1980–2007, in %
	Swiss men	Foreign men	Swiss women	Foreign women
1980	78.7	83.7	40.1	57.5
1981	77.9	82.9	41.1	57.9
1982	77.0	82.5	41.2	57.5
1983	76.6	81.8	41.2	55.7
1984	76.4	82.0	41.5	55.2
1985	77.4	82.4	41.7	55.4
1986	77.5	83.8	42.7	55.7
1987	77.5	84.5	43.7	57.7
1988	77.5	85.1	44.9	59.8
1989	77.0	85.8	45.9	60.5
1990	76.8	86.4	46.9	64.3
1991	78.2	87.0	53.3	68.3
1992	76.7	85.0	53.0	67.9
1993	76.4	83.1	52.8	63.2
1994	75.5	80.2	52.6	60.0
1995	75.1	83.1	52.1	62.0
1996	74.9	80.7	53.0	62.8
1997	74.6	77.5	53.1	62.8
1998	75.0	80.0	54.1	64.0
1999	75.2	79.2	55.2	60.7
2000	74.9	80.0	55.4	58.0
2001	74.3	82.6	55.6	62.4
2002	73.4	79.0	56.5	62.2
2003	73.1	76.5	56.3	59.0
2004	72.3	75.4	56.0	57.9
2005	71.4	75.0	56.0	57.6
2006	72.1	75.5	56.7	58.1
2007	72.6	76.9	56.9	58.7
	Activity rate by sex and age 1990 and 2006, in %
		Women	Men
1990	15–19 years	49.2	56.0
	20–24 years	80.4	83.8
	25–29 years	71.4	93.9
	30–34 years	60.9	97.8
	35–39 years	62.9	98.6
	40–44 years	66.8	98.7
	45–49 years	66.6	98.3
	50–54 years	60.6	97.4
	55–59 years	49.9	94.8
	60–64 years	24.9	79.8
	65–69 years	7.4	17.3
2006	15–19 years	53.4	57.0
	20–24 years	80.8	83.2
	25–29 years	84.7	92.8
	30–34 years	80.3	97.6
	35–39 years	78.1	97.7
	40–44 years	81.5	96.1
	45–49 years	83.9	95.0
	50–54 years	79.5	93.1
	55–59 years	72.0	89.5
	60–64 years	44.0	62.5
	65–69 years	12.9	22.5
	Employment rate by sex and family situation 1991 and 2007, in %
		Women	Men
1991	With children 0–6 years old	48.3	98.1
	With children 7–14 years old	69.3	98.3
	Without children under 15	69.8	86.9
2007	With children 0–6 years old	62.6	95.3
	With children 7–14 years old	77.6	95.2
	Without children under 15	72.3	82
	Activity rate by sex, age and country 2006, in %
		Women	Men
CH	15–19 years	53.4	57.0
	20–24 years	80.8	83.2
	25–29 years	84.7	92.8
	30–34 years	80.3	97.6
	35–39 years	78.1	97.7
	40–44 years	81.5	96.1
	45–49 years	83.9	95.0
	50–54 years	79.5	93.1
	55–59 years	72.0	89.5
	60–64 years	44.0	62.5
	65–69 years	12.9	22.5
	70 years and over	5.6	11.6
DE	15–19 years	28.5	33.1
	20–24 years	67.6	72.7
	25–29 years	76.7	86.7
	30–34 years	81.2	96.1
	35–39 years	81.8	96.2
	40–44 years	84.5	96.7
	45–49 years	83.8	94.6
	50–54 years	78.8	91.9
	55–59 years	67.7	82.5
	60–64 years	24.3	42.8
	65–69 years	4.9	8.6
	70 years and over	1.9	4.4
FR	15–19 years	11.7	19.9
	20–24 years	55.4	65.7
	25–29 years	79.3	91.6
	30–34 years	78.0	94.6
	35–39 years	82.2	95.5
	40–44 years	83.0	95.3
	45–49 years	83.8	93.5
	50–54 years	77.3	90.1
	55–59 years	53.7	61.2
	60–64 years	13.8	15.8
	65–69 years	2.3	3.2
	70 years and over	0.8	1.6
ES	15–19 years	19.2	29.0
	20–24 years	64.4	72.9
	25–29 years	79.4	90.6
	30–34 years	78.5	94.1
	35–39 years	73.3	95.2
	40–44 years	70.0	93.3
	45–49 years	66.5	92.7
	50–54 years	54.5	88.0
	55–59 years	38.4	74.8
	60–64 years	21.7	51.6
	65–69 years	2.2	8.9
	70 years and over	0.9	2.4
SE	15–19 years	37.1	30.5
	20–24 years	68.9	74.0
	25–29 years	81.9	89.4
	30–34 years	86.5	93.9
	35–39 years	87.3	94.8
	40–44 years	88.0	94.5
	45–49 years	87.6	91.6
	50–54 years	85.7	90.2
	55–59 years	80.4	85.4
	60–64 years	58.2	66.2
	65–69 years	9.8	16.5
	70 years and over	3.3	10.8
UK	15–19 years	46.4	46.2
	20–24 years	72.5	83.7
	25–29 years	76.9	92.3
	30–34 years	75.4	93.4
	35–39 years	75.4	93.3
	40–44 years	80.0	92.1
	45–49 years	81.1	90.8
	50–54 years	76.8	87.4
	55–59 years	64.4	78.4
	60–64 years	33.3	56.4
	65–69 years	11.6	20.9
	70 years and over	4.3	8.2