# Australia Employment rate / employment-population ratio (ABS LF)

Australia Employment rate / employment-population ratio (ABS LF) was 63.6% in September 2026, down 0.3 percentage points from August 2026 and down 0.3 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the lowest reading since March 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 57.9% (May 2020) to 64.4% (Jan 2025), averaging 62.8%.

- Source agency: Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `AU.EMPRATE.M.SA`
- Frequency: monthly
- Units: %
- Coverage: 1978-02-01 to 2026-09-01 (584 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/australia/employment-rate-employment-population-ratio-abs-lf

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| September 2026 | 63.6% |
| August 2026 | 63.9% |
| July 2026 | 63.9% |
| June 2026 | 64.0% |
| May 2026 | 63.8% |
| April 2026 | 63.7% |
| March 2026 | 63.9% |
| February 2026 | 63.9% |
| January 2026 | 64.0% |
| December 2025 | 63.9% |
| November 2025 | 63.8% |
| October 2025 | 64.0% |
| September 2025 | 64.0% |
| August 2025 | 64.0% |
| July 2025 | 64.1% |
| June 2025 | 64.0% |
| May 2025 | 64.2% |
| April 2025 | 64.4% |
| March 2025 | 64.0% |
| February 2025 | 64.0% |
| January 2025 | 64.4% |
| December 2024 | 64.4% |
| November 2024 | 64.3% |
| October 2024 | 64.3% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.EMPRATE.M.SA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/AU.EMPRATE.M.SA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```