Euro area vs OECD: Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force
Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force over time
- Euro area
- OECD
How they compare
OECD currently reports 444,834 Persons against 127,531 Persons in Euro area, a difference of 317,303 Persons.
That makes OECD's figure about 3.5 times Euro area's.
Across all 14 years both countries report, OECD has been ahead every year.
Euro area ranks 3rd and OECD ranks 1st of 10 groups.
OECD has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Euro area | OECD | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 121,582 Persons | 422,928 Persons | 301,345 Persons | OECD |
| 2020s | 126,760 Persons | 445,286 Persons | 318,526 Persons | OECD |
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, Euro area or OECD?
- OECD, at 444,834 Persons against 127,531 Persons in Euro area as of 2024.
- What is the difference in population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force between Euro area and OECD?
- 317,303 Persons, with OECD ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Euro area and OECD?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2024.
- How do Euro area and OECD rank globally for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force?
- Euro area ranks 3rd and OECD ranks 1st of 10 groups.
- 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.