Australia vs Canada: Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force
Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 12,002 Persons against 7,532 Persons in Australia, a difference of 4,470 Persons.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.6 times Australia's.
Across all 47 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 14th and Canada ranks 12th of 33 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4,211 Persons | 6,583 Persons | 2,372 Persons | Canada |
| 1980s | 4,599 Persons | 6,779 Persons | 2,179 Persons | Canada |
| 1990s | 5,174 Persons | 7,775 Persons | 2,601 Persons | Canada |
| 2000s | 5,768 Persons | 8,442 Persons | 2,674 Persons | Canada |
| 2010s | 6,668 Persons | 9,779 Persons | 3,110 Persons | Canada |
| 2020s | 7,313 Persons | 11,291 Persons | 3,978 Persons | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 12,002 Persons against 7,532 Persons in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force between Australia and Canada?
- 4,470 Persons, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force?
- Australia ranks 14th and Canada ranks 12th of 33 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The infra-annual dataflow on the outside the labour force population is a subset of the infra-annual labour statistics database, which contains predominantly monthly and quarterly statistics on the outside the labour force population by age groups (15+, 15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 15-64 and 15-74 where available) and sex and associated statistical methodological information and associated statistical methodological information, for the OECD member countries and for selected other economies. The persons outside the labour force comprise all persons of working age who, during the specified reference period, were not in the labour force (that is, were not employed or unemployed). The infra-annual labour statistics compiled for all OECD member countries, are drawn from Labour Force Surveys based on definition provided by the 19th Conference of Labour Statisticians in 2013. The uniform application of these definitions across all OECD member countries results in estimates that are internationally comparable.