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- Indicator 42
Creating sustainable communities and a fairer world
42. Economically inactive
Percentage of people of working age who are economically inactive, 1992 to 2008
| Economically inactive since: | 1992 |
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2003 |
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- People who are economically inactive (neither employed nor actively seeking work) have accounted for between 21 and 22 per cent of the working age population since 1992.
- 7.8 million people were economically inactive in 2008, up from 7.3 million in 1992. Of these 7.9 million, 41 per cent were male and 59 per cent were female.
- In 2008, the percentage of men economically inactive rose from 13.5 per cent to 16.3 per cent. The percentage for women fell from 29.2 per cent to 25.8 per cent.
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Updated: 30 July 2009