In 2024, ** percent of households in the United Kingdom were classified as 'workless', where none of the inhabitants aged over 16-64 were in employment. The proportion of jobless households in the UK has been declining since the mid-*****, with a noticeable uptick in the aftermath of the financial crisis of the late *****.

Netherlands - Jobless households was 6.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Netherlands - Jobless households - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Netherlands - Jobless households reached a record high of 9.10% in December of 2014 and a record low of 6.80% in December of 2023.

The indicator "People aged 18 - 59 years living in jobless households" is calculated as the share of persons aged 18 - 59 who are living in households where no one works. Students aged 18 - 24 who live in households composed solely of students of the same age class are not included. The indicator is based on the EU Labour Force Survey.

TAH19 - Labour Force Participation Rate, Employment and Unemployment Rate and Proportion of Persons in Employment, Self-Employed and in Jobless Households. Published by Central Statistics Office. Available under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0).Labour Force Participation Rate, Employment and Unemployment Rate and Proportion of Persons in Employment, Self-Employed and in Jobless Households...

Poland - Jobless households was 5.10% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Poland - Jobless households - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Poland - Jobless households reached a record high of 10.40% in December of 2013 and a record low of 5.10% in December of 2024.

Germany - Jobless households was 7.30% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Germany - Jobless households - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Germany - Jobless households reached a record high of 9.40% in December of 2009 and a record low of 7.00% in December of 2019.

In the fourth quarter of 2023, there were nearly *********** households in Spain in which all working members were unemployed. The number of jobless households peaked in the first quarter of 2021, when it totaled *** million.

Approximately 1.2 percent of workless households in the United Kingdom were comprised entirely of inhabitants who had never worked in 2023. The peak for this type of workless household was in 2011, when it was 1.8 percent, while in 1996 it was less than one percent.

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Share of children aged 0-17 who live in households where no one is employed, in the total population of the same age group. Data based on the EU Labour Force Survey.

European Union - Jobless households was 7.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for European Union - Jobless households - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, European Union - Jobless households reached a record high of 11.30% in December of 2013 and a record low of 7.90% in December of 2024.

This is the percentage of workless households in an area. A household is defined as: a single person, or a group of people living at the same address who have the address as their only or main residence and either share one main meal a day or share living accommodation (or both). Estimates on the economic activity status of households are for only those households that includes at least one person aged 16 to 64. Household types are defined as Working household: all individuals aged 16 and over are in employment. Mixed household: at least one person aged 16 and over is in employment and at least one other is either unemployed or inactive. Workless household: no individuals aged 16 and over are in employment. The statistics are from the Annual Population Survey (APS), cover the period January to December and only include households where at least one person is aged 16 to 64 years old. Estimates for counts are rounded to the nearest hundred and are not shown if the data are disclosive, that is, if the unweighted sample size is less than 3, or if the estimate is less than 500.Data is Powered by LG Inform Plus and automatically checked for new data on the 3rd of each month.

Population in jobless households

Proportion of children living in workless households Children aged 0-15 living in a household including at least one person aged 16 to 64. with no person in employment. Percentages are based on children living in working-age households with known economic activity status.
Source: Annual Population Survey Household datasets, ONS

Annual estimates of the number of children living in households in the UK where all the adults have not worked for at least 12 months, by household type.

Graph and download economic data for Unemployment Level (UNEMPLOY) from Jan 1948 to Jun 2025 about 16 years +, household survey, unemployment, and USA.

Households and the adults and children living in them, by household economic activity status. Source agency: Office for National Statistics Designation: National Statistics Language: English Alternative title: Working and workless households

Finland - Jobless households was 11.90% in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Finland - Jobless households - last updated from the EUROSTAT on June of 2025. Historically, Finland - Jobless households reached a record high of 11.90% in December of 2024 and a record low of 8.90% in December of 2018.

Quarterly and historical data on UK households and the adults and children living in them, by household economic activity status.

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of the additional supports provided to young parents and their children to encourage participation in study and training and engagement with early childhood learning and development activities through the Helping Young Parents (HYP) and Supporting Jobless Families (SJF) placed-based trials. This report is provided by Department of Jobs and Small Business (previously Department of Employment).