Table

Unemployment Rate

Participation Rate

Employment-Population Ratio

Labour Force Size

Employed

Unemployed

Outside Labour Force

Annual principal labour force statistics, including unemployment and participation rates.

[Date] The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 since the data is at annual frequency

date

Date

[Float] The number (in thousands) of employed and unemployed individuals. This figure also represents the number of people participating in the labour force.

[Float] The number (in thousands) of people who worked at least one hour for pay, profit or family gain, in thousands of people

lf_employed

Employed Persons

[Float] The number (in thousands) of people who did not work but were looking for work or available to work

lf_unemployed

Unemployed Persons

[Float] The number (in thousands) of people not classified as employed or unemployed, including housewives, students, early retired, disabled persons and those not interested in looking for a job

lf_outside

Persons outside Labour Force

[Float] Ratio of unemployed to labour force size

u_rate

[Float] Ratio of the labour force size to the working-age (15-64) population

p_rate

[Float] Ratio of the number of employed people to the working-age (15-64) population

Annual Principal Labour Force Statistics