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Unemployment rate by sex and age groups - annual average, %

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Unemployed persons are all persons 15 to 74 years of age (16 to 74 years in ES, IT and the UK) who were not employed during the reference week, had actively sought work during the past four weeks and were ready to begin working immediately or within two weeks.

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/DE/tsdec450_esmsip.htm [2]
(Retrieved: 26 January 2015)

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Percentage (%) - annual average

Link to Data: 

http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do [3]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office [4]

Geographical Coverage: 

Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Germany
Denmark
Estonia
Spain
Finland
France
Croatia
Hungary
Ireland
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Sweden
Slovenia
Slovakia
Turkey
United States

Geographical Level: 

  • National [5]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • EU Eurostat SDI Indicators [6]
  • Eurofound EurLIFE [7]
  • World Development Indicators (World Bank)       [8]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [9]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Employment rate, by highest level of education attained   [10]
Relationship explanation: 
The indicator is calculated by dividing the number of employed people within age group 20-64 years having attained a specific level of education, by the total population of the same age group.
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Long-term unemployment (% of total unemployment) [11]
Relationship explanation: 
Long-term unemployment refers to the number of people with continuous periods of unemployment extending for a year or longer, expressed as a percentage of the total unemployed.
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Young people neither in employment nor in education and training by sex and age (NEET rates) [12]
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Employment rate, by sex [13]
Relationship explanation: 
The employment rate is calculated by dividing the number of persons aged 20 to 64 in employment by the total population of the same age group.
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator

Temporal Coverage: 

1983 to 2014

Frequency of Updates: 

  • annualy [14]

Indicator developer: 

Eurostat

Link to Methodology: 

Quality report of the European Union Labour Force Survey [15]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Single [16]

Data quality assesment: 

  • Assessed by statistical office [17]

Publishing delay: 

  • Less than 6 month [18]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Quality report of the European Union Labour Force Survey [15]

Contribution to the green economy: 

A low unemployment rate implies that the number of people who are seeking for employment and are socially vulnerable is low, which positively impacts the progress towards Green Economy.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [19]
Potential misinterpretation: 
A low unemployment rate does not necessarily mean that the number of high-quality ''green jobs'' available in the market is high.
Related Indicator: 
Green jobs [20]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Is the unemployment rate low, but many people are working under economic poor conditions?
Related Indicator: 
Low wage earners as a proportion of all employees (excluding apprentices): by educational attainment [21]
Potential misinterpretation: 
A low unemployment rate does not necessarily mean that employees are satisfied with their jobs.
Related Indicator: 
Satisfaction with working conditions [22]
Potential misinterpretation: 
A low unemployment rate does not necessarily mean that the rate of newly created, unoccupied, or about to become vacant, posts is high.
Related Indicator: 
Job vacancy rate [23]
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Source URL: https://measuring-progress.eu/unemployment-rate-sex-and-age-groups-annual-average

Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/1225
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/DE/tsdec450_esmsip.htm
[3] http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=une_rt_a&lang=en
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/45
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/67
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/71
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/98
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/employment-rate-highest-level-education-attained-%C2%A0
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/long-term-unemployment-total-unemployment
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/young-people-neither-employment-nor-education-and-training-sex-and-age-neet-rates
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/employment-rate-sex
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/17
[15] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3888793/6194252/KS-TC-14-010-EN-N.pdf/39a79a33-4442-49b6-b83f-f0a5e81b02ef
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/27
[17] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/38
[18] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/23
[19] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[20] https://measuring-progress.eu/green-jobs
[21] https://measuring-progress.eu/low-wage-earners-proportion-all-employees-excluding-apprentices-educational-attainment
[22] https://measuring-progress.eu/satisfaction-working-conditions
[23] https://measuring-progress.eu/job-vacancy-rate