Austria vs Switzerland: Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers over time
- Austria
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 500.82 against 355.1 in Austria, a difference of 145.72.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.4 times Austria's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 23rd and Switzerland ranks 21st of 70 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers, Austria or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 500.82 against 355.1 in Austria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers between Austria and Switzerland?
- 145.72, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Switzerland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2025.
- How do Austria and Switzerland rank globally for potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers?
- Austria ranks 23rd and Switzerland ranks 21st of 70 countries.
- 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.