Glossary:Labour force

From Statistics Explained

The labour force or workforce or economically active population, also shortened to active population, includes both employed and unemployed people, but not the economically inactive, such as pre-school children, school children, students and pensioners.

Further information

• The European Union Labour Force Survey: main characteristics of the national surveys

Related concepts

• Employed person
• Employee
• Labour force survey
• Unemployed

Statistical data

• Employment statistics