Definition: Active population

Category: International Migration and Asylum

The economically active population comprises persons who provide the supply of labour, as employed or as unemployed, for production of goods and services. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_SDDS/en/migr_lab_esms.htm
Source:
Eurostat, "Active population and workers by citizenship", General methodological information on International Migration and Asylum
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