Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force in OECD
OECD: Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force was 444,834 Persons in 2024. ▲ Rising
Population outside the labour force — Persons outside the labour force in OECD, 2011–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Persons.
Analysis
OECD recorded 444,834 Persons for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in OECD peaked at 450,077 Persons in 2020 and was at its lowest, 411,242 Persons, in 2011.
That places OECD 1st out of 33 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 422,928 Persons | 411,242 Persons | 430,388 Persons | 9 |
| 2020s | 445,286 Persons | 442,416 Persons | 450,077 Persons | 5 |
Countries ranked near OECD
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- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 37,610 Persons (2022)
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- Employment and unemployment by five-year age group and sex - levels 666,682 Persons (2025)
- Unemployed population — Unemployment 34,262 Persons (2024)
- Average annual hours actually worked per worker — Hours worked 1,736 Hours per year per person (2025)
- Incidence of unemployment by duration 27.97 Percentage of population in the same subgroup (2025)
- Monthly unemployment levels 34,246 Persons (2024)
- Gender share of part-time employment 65.83 Percentage of population in the same subgroup (2025)
- Incidence of full-time and part-time employment based on national 79.66 Percentage of population in the same subgroup (2025)
- Full-time and part-time employment 504,527 Persons (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in OECD?
- Population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force in OECD was 444,834 Persons in 2024, 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 OECD?
- The highest recorded value was 450,077 Persons in 2020.
- What is the lowest population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was 411,242 Persons in 2011.
- How does OECD rank for population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force?
- OECD ranks 1st out of 33 countries with data for 2024.
- Is population outside the labour force — persons outside the labour force rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD 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.