Americas vs Canada: Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers over time
- Americas
- Canada
How they compare
Americas currently reports 31,989 against 569.64 in Canada, a difference of 31,419.
That makes Americas's figure about 56.2 times Canada's.
Across all 22 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 21st and Canada ranks 20th of 87 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31,717 | 513.9 | 31,203 | Americas |
| 2010s | 33,085 | 544.43 | 32,540 | Americas |
| 2020s | 35,417 | 591.63 | 34,826 | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers, Americas or Canada?
- Americas, at 31,989 against 569.64 in Canada as of 2027.
- What is the difference in potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers between Americas and Canada?
- 31,419, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Canada?
- 22 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2025.
- How do Americas and Canada rank globally for potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers?
- Americas ranks 21st and Canada ranks 20th of 87 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. The potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers includes those who have been recently searching for a job but are not available to work within a short reference period, those who have not searched recently for a job, but they are available to work within a short reference period, and finally those who do not fall in neither of the previous categories but that wanted employment. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.