39% of adults on Earth are neither working nor looking for work. In the US alone it's 105 million — an official government category. No application required.
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not in labor force—
people (15+)—
youth NEET rate—
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// 01 — THE WORLD [GLOBAL]
Planet NILF.
most NILF · click to fly the globe
least NILF · everyone clocks in
// 02 — THE COUNT [USA]
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Zoom in on one country. Americans aged 16+ who are neither working nor looking for work. October 2026, seasonally adjusted. That is 38.1% of the entire civilian population.
106.2M
all-time high · Jul 2026
+79%
since 1976 (60.0M)
~2 in 5
adults are NILF
2.9×
more men NILF than 1976
// 03 — THE CLIMB [USA]
Fifty years of opting out.
Annual averages, 1976–2026. Each column is a year. Hover to read it.
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// 04 — ONE HUNDRED AMERICANS [USA]
Line up 100 adults. 38 of them are NILF.
Bright dots are out of the labor force. Hover the legend to split them by age.
● 55+ 24● 25–54 8● 16–24 6○ in labor force 62
// 05 — WHO [USA]
Mostly retired. Not entirely.
104.8M people not in the labor force, Oct 2026 (BLS table A-38, not seasonally adjusted).
by age
55+66.2M
25–5421.1M
16–2417.5M
by sex
women61.3M
men43.5M
main reason for not working · prime age 25–54
women: home/family62%
men: ill/disabled48%
// 06 — DO THEY WANT A JOB? [USA]
94.6% say no.
Of 104.8M people not in the labor force, only 5.7M say they want a job. The red dots are them — move your cursor through the field.
99.1M
do not want a job now
5.7M
want a job
1.6M
marginally attached
451K
discouraged: think no jobs exist for them
// 07 — THE TOKEN
Join the 38%.
$NILF / $NEET
Not In Labor Force, paired with Not in Employment, Education or Training. On Solana.