In the Nordic countries, Iceland has the lowest rate of economically inactive people. In 2021, the rate was at ** percent in Iceland. Finland had the highest at over ** percent, followed by Denmark and Norway, both having above ** percent. Furthermore, Sweden's inactivity rate has decrease steadily over the last decade until the outbreak of COVID-19, reaching **** percent in 2021. Economically inactive people are those of working age who are registered as being neither employed nor unemployed (such as students, the sick or disabled, or those caring for families).
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