# Employment Rate (20-64) — Ostschweiz (NUTS-2 CH05)

Employment Rate (20-64) — Ostschweiz (NUTS-2 CH05) was 84.8% in 2025, down 0.7 percentage points from 2024.
That is the lowest reading since 2022.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from 83.4% (2015) to 85.5% (2023), averaging 84.5%.

- Source agency: Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union)
- Makrognosis code: `CH-05.EMPRATE.A.NSA`
- Frequency: annual
- Units: %
- Coverage: 2001-01-01 to 2025-01-01 (25 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/switzerland/employment-rate-20-64-ostschweiz-nuts-2-ch05

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 84.8% |
| 2024 | 85.5% |
| 2023 | 85.5% |
| 2022 | 84.6% |
| 2021 | 84.2% |
| 2020 | 84.7% |
| 2019 | 84.7% |
| 2018 | 84.6% |
| 2017 | 84.3% |
| 2016 | 83.7% |
| 2015 | 83.4% |
| 2014 | 83.2% |
| 2013 | 82.4% |
| 2012 | 82.9% |
| 2011 | 82.6% |
| 2010 | 81.3% |
| 2009 | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 83.8% |
| 2007 | 82.7% |
| 2006 | 81.2% |
| 2005 | 81.5% |
| 2004 | 81.7% |
| 2003 | 81.0% |
| 2002 | 82.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CH-05.EMPRATE.A.NSA"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/CH-05.EMPRATE.A.NSA",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```