The EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) is the largest European household sample survey. Its main statistical objective is to classify the population of working age (15 years and over)
into three mutually exclusive and exhaustive groups: employed persons, unemployed persons (both together make up the so-called ‘labour force’) and economically inactive persons (the population 'outside the labour force'), for example students, pensioners and housewives or –men.
The Labour Force Surveys are conducted by the national statistical institutes across Europe and are centrally processed by Eurostat. It also has an ad-hoc module on migration.
Access to microdata is available for scientific purposes.
| Table code | Description |
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| lfsa_agan | Active population by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsa_argacob | Activity rates by sex; age and country of birth (%) |
| lfsa_argan | Activity rates by sex; age and citizenship (%) |
| lfsa_egan | Employment by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsa_enewasn | Newly employed (share of people in current job for 12 months or less; in total employment) by age; professional status and citizenship |
| lfsa_eppgacob | Part-time employment as percentage of the total employment; by sex; age and country of birth (%) |
| lfsa_eppgan | Part-time employment as percentage of the total employment; by sex; age and citizenship (%) |
| lfsa_ergacob | Employment rates by sex; age and country of birth (%) |
| lfsa_ergan | Employment rates by sex; age and citizenship (%) |
| lfsa_esgacob | Self-employment by sex; age and country of birth (1 000) |
| lfsa_esgan | Self-employment by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsa_etpgacob | Temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees; by sex; age and country of birth (%) |
| lfsa_etpgan | Temporary employees as percentage of the total number of employees; by sex; age and citizenship (%) |
| lfsa_igan | Inactive population by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsa_pganws | Population by sex; age; citizenship and labour status (1 000) |
| lfsa_sup_nat | Supplementary indicators to unemployment by sex and citizenship |
| lfsa_ugan | Unemployment by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsa_upgacob | Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the total unemployment; by sex; age and country of birth (%) |
| lfsa_upgan | Long-term unemployment (12 months or more) as a percentage of the total unemployment; by sex; age and citizenship (%) |
| lfsa_urgacob | Unemployment rates by sex; age and country of birth (%) |
| lfso_08cobr | Percentage distribution of main reason for migration; by country of birth; sex and age (% of total migrants) |
| lfso_08cobsmf | Population by country of birth; country of birth of mother and father; sex and age (1 000) |
| lfso_08cobsp | Population by country of birth; country of birth of parents; sex; age and labour status (1 000) |
| lfso_08cobsped | Population by country of birth; country of birth of parents; sex; age; educational attainment level and labour status (1 000) |
| lfso_08resr | Percentage distribution of main reason for migration; years of residence; sex and age (% of total migrants) |
| lfso_14b1dr | First generation of immigrants by sex; citizenship; duration and reason for migration |
| lfso_14beduc | Educational attainment level (ISCED11) distribution by sex; age; migration status and educational attainment level of parents (ISCED11F) |
| lfso_14blang | Skills in host country language by migration status and citizenship |
| lfso_14hhcompcob | Households by migration status; country of birth of parents and household composition |
| lfso_14hhwkcob | Households by country of birth of parents; working status and years of residence |
| lfso_14hhwkmg | Households by migration status; working status and years of residence |
| lfso_14l1empr | Employment rate of first generation of immigrants by sex; age; years of residence and reason for migration |
| lfso_14lactr | Activity rate by sex; age; migration status; citizenship and educational attainment level |
| lfso_14leecm | Methods to find current job by migration status; educational attainment level and type of contract |
| lfso_14leeow | Employees by migration status; educational attainment level; occupation and working time |
| lfso_14lel | Labour status distribution of the population by sex; age; migration status and educational attainment level |
| lfso_14lemp | Employment by migration status; professional status; type of contract and full/part time |
| lfso_14lempr | Employment rate by sex; age; migration status; citizenship and educational attainment level |
| lfso_14loq | Self-declared over-qualified employees as percentage of the total employees by sex; age; migration status and educational attainment level |
| lfso_14luner | Unemployment rate by sex; age; migration status; citizenship and educational attainment level |
| lfso_14ociti | Obstacles to getting a suitable job by migration status; labour status and citizenship (%) |
| lfso_14oeduc | Obstacles to getting a suitable job by migration status; labour status and educational attainment level (%) |
| lfso_14pciti | Population by sex; age; migration status and citizenship |
| lfso_14pcitirk | Ranking of citizenship by sex; age and migration status |
| lfso_14pcob | Population by sex; age; migration status and country of birth |
| lfso_14pcobp | Population by sex; age; migration status; country of birth and country of birth of parents |
| lfso_14pcobrk | Ranking of country of birth of first generation of immigrants by sex and age |
| lfso_14purb | Population by sex; age; migration status and degree of urbanisation |
| lfsq_agan | Active population by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsq_argan | Activity rates by sex; age and citizenship (%) |
| lfsq_egan | Employment by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsq_ergan | Employment rates by sex; age and citizenship (%) |
| lfsq_igan | Inactive population by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsq_pganws | Population by sex; age; citizenship and labour status (1 000) |
| lfsq_ugan | Unemployment by sex; age and citizenship (1 000) |
| lfsq_urgan | Unemployment rates by sex; age and citizenship (%) |
