(thousand persons)
< >| Year | Does not want to work | Want a job | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| do not look for job | looked for job, but not actively, or was not available for work | ||||
| subtotal | of which: discouraged workersa | ||||
| Total | |||||
| 2006 | 3 121.9 | 339.3 | 89.1 | 9.3 | 3 470.5 |
| 2007 | 3 156.5 | 322.2 | 86.1 | 10.7 | 3 489.4 |
| 2008 | 3 182.7 | 322.9 | 87.5 | 9.6 | 3 515.2 |
| 2009 | 3 163.4 | 336.0 | 108.5 | 11.2 | 3 510.6 |
| 2010 | 3 101.0 | 350.7 | 117.1 | 9.1 | 3 460.9 |
| 2011 | 3 030.4 | 384.9 | 131.5 | 9.0 | 3 424.3 |
| 2012 | 2 951.4 | 374.5 | 131.7 | 9.6 | 3 335.4 |
| 2013 | 2 884.1 | 384.2 | 125.4 | 7.6 | 3 275.9 |
| 2014 | 2 793.0 | 328.2 | 90.2 | 7.8 | 3 129.1 |
| 2015 | 2 709.2 | 303.2 | 67.0 | 7.1 | 3 019.6 |
| 2016 | 2 634.3 | 281.8 | 59.0 | 5.2 | 2 921.3 |
| 2017 | 2 587.7 | 253.7 | 49.4 | 5.8 | 2 847.3 |
| 2018 | 2 544.6 | 238.6 | 42.3 | 7.3 | 2 790.6 |
| 2019 | 2 491.5 | 251.2 | 42.6 | 4.4 | 2 747.2 |
| 2020 | 2 452.5 | 291.7 | 55.7 | 6.1 | 2 750.3 |
| Male | |||||
| 2006 | 1 227.1 | 152.5 | 49.3 | 2.5 | 1 382.1 |
| 2007 | 1 240.9 | 145.7 | 47.9 | 3.0 | 1 389.6 |
| 2008 | 1 264.0 | 145.2 | 47.5 | 3.0 | 1 412.2 |
| 2009 | 1 262.5 | 152.3 | 59.1 | 5.0 | 1 419.7 |
| 2010 | 1 257.9 | 158.1 | 60.8 | 3.6 | 1 419.6 |
| 2011 | 1 220.4 | 174.9 | 69.8 | 4.0 | 1 399.4 |
| 2012 | 1 192.5 | 169.1 | 68.6 | 3.8 | 1 365.4 |
| 2013 | 1 146.6 | 174.7 | 66.8 | 3.4 | 1 324.7 |
| 2014 | 1 105.6 | 143.1 | 48.0 | 2.9 | 1 251.6 |
| 2015 | 1 062.7 | 129.9 | 36.9 | 3.2 | 1 195.9 |
| 2016 | 1 017.6 | 122.1 | 32.7 | 2.2 | 1 142.0 |
| 2017 | 993.2 | 103.6 | 26.9 | 2.7 | 1 099.5 |
| 2018 | 971.7 | 96.2 | 23.3 | 2.6 | 1 070.5 |
| 2019 | 937.5 | 101.6 | 22.7 | 1.6 | 1 040.6 |
| 2020 | 926.0 | 115.5 | 28.0 | 1.8 | 1 043.2 |
| Female | |||||
| 2006 | 1 894.8 | 186.8 | 39.8 | 6.8 | 2 088.4 |
| 2007 | 1 915.6 | 176.5 | 38.2 | 7.7 | 2 099.8 |
| 2008 | 1 918.7 | 177.7 | 40.0 | 6.6 | 2 103.0 |
| 2009 | 1 900.9 | 183.7 | 49.4 | 6.3 | 2 090.9 |
| 2010 | 1 843.1 | 192.7 | 56.3 | 5.5 | 2 041.3 |
| 2011 | 1 810.0 | 210.0 | 61.7 | 5.0 | 2 025.0 |
| 2012 | 1 758.9 | 205.4 | 63.2 | 5.7 | 1 970.0 |
| 2013 | 1 737.5 | 209.6 | 58.6 | 4.2 | 1 951.2 |
| 2014 | 1 687.4 | 185.2 | 42.1 | 4.9 | 1 877.5 |
| 2015 | 1 646.5 | 173.3 | 30.1 | 3.9 | 1 823.7 |
| 2016 | 1 616.7 | 159.6 | 26.3 | 3.0 | 1 779.4 |
| 2017 | 1 594.5 | 150.1 | 22.5 | 3.2 | 1 747.7 |
| 2018 | 1 573.0 | 142.4 | 19.0 | 4.7 | 1 720.1 |
| 2019 | 1 554.1 | 149.6 | 19.9 | 2.8 | 1 706.5 |
| 2020 | 1 526.5 | 176.3 | 27.8 | 4.3 | 1 707.1 |