Canada vs Switzerland: Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers over time
- Canada
- Switzerland
How they compare
Canada currently reports 569.64 against 500.82 in Switzerland, a difference of 68.82.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2021 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 20th and Switzerland ranks 21st of 70 countries.
Canada 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, Canada or Switzerland?
- Canada, at 569.64 against 500.82 in Switzerland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers between Canada and Switzerland?
- 68.82, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Switzerland?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2021 to 2025.
- How do Canada and Switzerland rank globally for potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers?
- Canada ranks 20th 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.