Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force in Euro area
Euro area: Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force was 127,531 Persons in 2025. ▲ Rising
Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force in Euro area, 2005–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in Euro area is 127,531 Persons, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in Euro area peaked at 127,792 Persons in 2021 and was at its lowest, 119,340 Persons, in 2005.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 119,519 Persons | 119,340 Persons | 120,034 Persons | 5 |
| 2010s | 121,431 Persons | 119,911 Persons | 122,532 Persons | 10 |
| 2020s | 126,888 Persons | 124,858 Persons | 127,792 Persons | 6 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More work & labour data for Euro area
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages) 75.2% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 57.0% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 62.7% (2025)
- Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 51.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 39.3% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 44.8% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 79.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages) 70.6% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 42.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in Euro area?
- Population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in Euro area was 127,531 Persons in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force recorded in Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 127,792 Persons in 2021.
- What is the lowest population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 119,340 Persons in 2005.
- How does Euro area rank for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force?
- Euro area ranks 3rd out of 10 groups with data for 2025.
- Is population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Euro area data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.