Department of Economic Planning and Statistics - Persons outside the labour force

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1.Labour Force Participation Rate

2.Employment to Population Ratio

3.Status in Employment

4.Employment by Sector

5.Employment by Occupation

6.Part-time Workers

7.Hours of Work

8.Employment in Informal Economy

10.Youth Unemployment

11.Long-term Unemployment

12.Time-related Underemployment

14.Education Attainment and Illiteracy

15.Wages and Compensation Costs

16.Labour Productivity

17.Poverty, Income Distribution, Employment by Economic Class

KILM 13: Persons outside the labour force
	Click here for detailed indicators --> 13.1 Discouraged Job-seekers 13.2 Inactivity Rate (%) 13.3 Youth not in education, employment or training (NEET) and NEET Rate (%) by Sex
Introduction and Background The labour force is defined as the sum of the employed and the unemployed. The remainder of the population is the number of persons outside the labour force. The inactivity rate is defined as the ratio of the population outside the labour force to the working-age population (15 years and over), expressed as percentage:
Summing up the inactivity rate and the labour force participation rate (see KILM 1) will yield 100 per cent.