Unemployment rate - quarterly data, seasonally adjusted
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Omschrijving
The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force (the total number of people employed and unemployed) based on International Labour Office (ILO) definition. Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74 who fulfil all three following conditions: - are without work during the reference week; - are available to start work within the next two weeks; - have been actively seeking work in the past four weeks or have already found a job to start within the next three months. The indicator monitors high and persistent rates of unemployment and it helps to better understand the potential severity of macroeconomic imbalances. It points towards a potential misallocation of resources and general lack of adjustment capacity in the economy. The quarterly time series are seasonally adjusted. The data source is the quarterly EU Labour Force Survey (EU LFS). The EU LFS covers the resident population in private households.
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Documentatie
- ESMS metadata (Euro-SDMX Metadata structure) HTML Voorlopige gegevens
- ESMS metadata (Euro-SDMX Metadata structure) SDMX Voorlopige gegevens
- More information on Eurostat Website Voorlopige gegevens
- Identificatienummer
- tipsun30
- Type dataset
- Statistisch
- Datum wijziging
- 2022-11-16
- Bestrijkt de periode sinds
- 2003-01-01
- Bestrijkt de periode tot
- 2022-01-01
Contact
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
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Tel: +352430136789