Persons outside the labour force (economically inactive population) in total according to LFS

Domain : Demographic and social statistics

Circuit : Labour

Modified : 2024-29-02

Term

Persons outside the labour force (economically inactive population) in total according to LFS

Area of use

Labour; Labour Force Survey

Definition

All persons aged 15 years and over who are not classified as economically active. They are defined as persons who were not working for pay or profit during the reference week and were not actively seeking work during the last four weeks or who were actively seeking work during the last four weeks but were not able to start work in the next two weeks following the reference week (students, apprentices, pensioners, persons keeping household, persons in re-training course or in non-formal learning, discouraged workers) and children aged up to 15 years.

Source

Statistical Office of the SR, Definitions of indicators of EU Labour Force Survey

Unit of measure

person

Method of calculation
Legal basis

Commission Regulation (EC) N° 2019/2240

Relation to international standards
Related terms

Economically active population (labour force) according to LFS

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