Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by willingness to work by country
Countries reporting
35
Highest
18,364
Italy
Lowest
51.4
Iceland
Median
1,570
Years covered
43
1983–2025
Data points
1,168
What the numbers show
Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by willingness to work is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 18,364 in Italy; the lowest is 51.4 in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,570, and the mean is 3,795.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 357.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 28 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 37.8%), and the largest decrease in Hungary (down 24.9%).
Persons outside the labour force not seeking employment by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 18,364 | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 2 | Germany | 18,090 | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 3 | France | 16,710 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 14,230 | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 5 | Spain | 12,712 | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 6 | Poland | 9,811 | 2025 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 7 | Romania | 6,170 | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 8 | Belgium | 3,202 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 9 | Netherlands | 3,073 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 10 | Greece | 2,953 | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 11 | Portugal | 2,529 | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 12 | Czechia | 2,338 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 13 | Hungary | 2,261 | 2025 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 14 | Austria | 2,040 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 15 | Serbia | 1,881 | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 1,768 | 2025 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 17 | Sweden | 1,721 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 18 | Switzerland | 1,570 | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 19 | Slovak Republic | 1,377 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,219 | 2025 | — | falling |
| 21 | Finland | 1,171 | 2025 | down 11.7% | flat |
| 22 | Croatia | 1,155 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 23 | Ireland | 1,123 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 24 | Denmark | 1,113 | 2025 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 25 | Norway | 1,076 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 26 | Lithuania | 631.7 | 2025 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 27 | North Macedonia | 594.5 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 28 | Slovenia | 542.8 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 29 | Latvia | 413 | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 30 | Estonia | 254 | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 31 | Montenegro | 203 | 2020 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 32 | Cyprus | 201 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 33 | Luxembourg | 159.6 | 2025 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 34 | Malta | 119.1 | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 35 | Iceland | 51.4 | 2025 | up 37.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Türkiye 27,415