Labour market » Inactivity among young (15–26 y. o.) people and its reasons : Inactivity among young (15–26 y. o.) people and its reasons by nationality

Economically passive/inactive young (15–26 y. o.) people – persons who do not wish or are not able to work.

Unit: number, percent

Disaggregated by: year, value, reason of inactivity, nationality

Source: Statistics Estonia, Estonian Labour Force Survey (LFS)

Note: The data for 2000–2012 has been revised based on corrected population numbers from Estonian Office of Statistics. More information regarding methodology of labour force survey calculations is available here: http://www.stat.ee/76254 (Estonian language)

Year
Ethnic nationality Reason of inactivity Value 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total Studies Number 116100 116700 111300 104300 101200 101700 94000 86400 83600 79900
Total Studies Percent 84,4 86,4 86,3 85 83,2 85,2 84,5 81,2 81,9 82,1
Total Illness or disability Number 2600 2900 2900 3000 3200 2200 2700 3200 2900 2800
Total Illness or disability Percent 1,9 2,1 2,2 2,4 2,6 1,8 2,4 3 2,8 2,9
Total Pregnancy, maternity or parental leave, need to take care of children or other members of family Number 12200 10900 10200 11000 12500 10500 8400 10100 9800 8400
Total Pregnancy, maternity or parental leave, need to take care of children or other members of family Percent 8,9 8,1 7,9 9 10,3 8,8 7,5 9,5 9,6 8,6
Total Other reason Number 6600 4600 4500 4400 4800 4900 6200 6800 5800 6300
Total Other reason Percent 4,8 3,4 3,5 3,6 3,9 4,1 5,6 6,4 5,7 6,5
Total Total Number 137600 135100 128900 122700 121700 119400 111300 106400 102100 97300
Total Total Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Estonian Studies Number 83000 81700 80000 77800 76500 77200 72500 65400 63900 60800
Estonian Studies Percent 84,7 86,2 86,6 85,9 82,9 85,1 84,4 80,6 82,9 82,9
Estonian Illness or disability Number 1800 1800 2000 1700 2400 1700 2100 2300 2400 2200
Estonian Illness or disability Percent 1,8 1,9 2,2 1,9 2,6 1,9 2,4 2,8 3,1 3
Estonian Pregnancy, maternity or parental leave, need to take care of children or other members of family Number 8500 7700 7300 7900 9500 7600 5800 7600 6300 5100
Estonian Pregnancy, maternity or parental leave, need to take care of children or other members of family Percent 8,7 8,1 7,9 8,7 10,3 8,4 6,8 9,4 8,2 7
Estonian Other reason Number 4700 3600 3100 3100 3900 4300 5500 5800 4500 5100
Estonian Other reason Percent 4,8 3,8 3,4 3,4 4,2 4,7 6,4 7,2 5,8 7
Estonian Total Number 98000 94800 92400 90600 92300 90700 85900 81100 77100 73300
Estonian Total Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Non-estonian Studies Number 33100 35000 31300 26500 24700 24500 21500 20900 19700 19000
Non-estonian Studies Percent 83,6 86,8 86 82,6 84 85,7 84,6 82,9 78,8 79,2
Non-estonian Illness or disability Number .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Non-estonian Illness or disability Percent .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Non-estonian Pregnancy, maternity or parental leave, need to take care of children or other members of family Number 3800 3200 2900 3000 3000 2900 2500 2500 3400 3200
Non-estonian Pregnancy, maternity or parental leave, need to take care of children or other members of family Percent 9,6 7,9 8 9,3 10,2 10,1 9,8 9,9 13,6 13,3
Non-estonian Other reason Number .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1300 ..
Non-estonian Other reason Percent .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,2 ..
Non-estonian Total Number 39600 40300 36400 32100 29400 28600 25400 25200 25000 24000
Non-estonian Total Percent 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100