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EurLIFE - Unemployment rate

« Back to list of indicators Data for indicator: Unemployment rate Domain: Employment Definition: Unemployment rates represent unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force. The labour force is the total number of people employed and unemployed. Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74. Unit: % of labour force Data selected for this table: Countries: All ; Period: All ; Differentiator: none. Countries 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Countries AT   4 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.4 4.5 3.9 3.7 3.6 4.3 4.4 4.8 5.2 4.8 AT BE 7.1 8.6 9.8 9.7 9.5 9.2 9.3 8.6 6.9 6.7 7.3 8.1 8.4 8.4 8.3 BE BG                 16.4 19.2 17.8 13.6 12 10.1 8.9 BG HR                         13.6     HR CY                 5.2 4.4 3.9 4.4 4.6 5.2 4.9 CY CZ             6.4 8.6 8.7 8 7.3 7.8 8.3 7.9 7.2 CZ DK 8.6 9.6 7.7 6.7 6.3 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.6 5.6 5.5 4.8 3.8 DK EE           9.6 9.2 11.3 12.5 11.8 9.5 10.1 9.7 7.9 5.6 EE FI 11.7 16.3 16.6 15.4 14.5 12.7 11.4 10.2 9.8 9.1 9.1 9 8.8 8.4 7.7 FI FR 10 11.3 11.8 11.3 11.9 11.8 11.4 10.7 9.3 8.5 8.8 9.4 9.6 9.6 9 FR DE 6.4 7.7 8.2 8 8.7 9.7 9.1 8.4 7.8 7.8 8.7 9.6 9.5 9.5 8.4 DE EL 7.9 8.6 8.9 9.2 9.6 9.8 10.9 11.8 11 10.4 10 9.3 10.5 9.8   EL HU         9.6 9 8.4 6.9 6.3 5.6 5.6 5.8 6.1 7.2 7.5 HU IE 15.4 15.6 14.3 12.3 11.7 9.9 7.5 5.6 4.3 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.4 IE IT 8.7 10.1 11 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.3 10.4 9.4 9 8.6 8 7.7   IT LV             14.3 14 13.7 12.9 12.6 10.5 10.4 8.9 6.9 LV LT             11.8 11.2 15.7 16.1 13.6 12.7 11.4 8.3 5.9 LT LU 2.1 2.6 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.8 3.7 5.1 4.5 4.8 LU MT                 7 6.7 7.5 8.2 7.4 7.3 7.4 MT NL 5.3 6.2 6.8 6.6 6 4.9 3.8 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.7 3.8 4.6 4.7 3.9 NL PL           10.9 10.2 13.4 16.4 18.5 19.8 19.2 19 17.7 14 PL PT 4.3 5.6 6.9 7.3 7.3 6.8 5.1 4.5 4.1 4.1 5.1 6.3 6.7 7.6 7.4 PT RO           5.3 5.4 6.2 6.8 6.6 7.5 6.6 8.1 7.2   RO SK               16.7 18.7 19.4 18.7 17.1 18.2 16.3 13.3 SK SI                 6.5 8.3 10.3 9 6.3 6.5 6 SI ES 14.9 18.6 19.8 18.8 18.1 17 15.2 12.8 11.3 10.6 11.3 11.3 10.6 9.2 8.6 ES SE 5.6 9.1 9.4 8.8 9.6 9.9 8.2 6.7 5.6 4.9 4.9 5.6 6.3 7.5 7.1 SE TR                         10.3 10.3   TR UK 9.8 10 9.3 8.5 8 6.9 6.2 5.9 5.4 5 5.1 5 4.7 4.8   UK EU-15 8.9 10.1 10.5 10.1 10.2 10 9.4 8.7 7.8 7.4 7.7 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.3 EU-15 EU-25             9.4 9.2 8.8 8.5 8.8 9.1 9.1 8.8 7.9 EU-25 [Source of this data: Eurostat ] Tip: You can copy the information from this table by selecting the data with the mouse, use 'Copy' function from the browser menu and paste it into your Word or Excel application. Chart can not be displayed because of too many selected countries!  Abbreviations Countries AT : Austria BE : Belgium BG : Bulgaria HR : Croatia CY : Cyprus CZ : Czech Republic DK : Denmark EE : Estonia FI : Finland FR : France        DE : Germany EL : Greece HU : Hungary IE : Ireland IT : Italy LV : Latvia LT : Lithuania LU : Luxembourg MT : Malta NL : Netherlands        PL : Poland PT : Portugal RO : Romania SK : Slovakia SI : Slovenia ES : Spain SE : Sweden TR : Turkey UK : United Kingdom EU-15 : 15 EU Member States (before May 2004) EU-25 : 25 EU Member States (after May 2004)