| | Unemployment rates and long-term unemployment | |||||||||
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| | | Unemployment rate % of labour force | Youth unemployment rate % of youth labour force (15-24) | Long-term unemployment (12 months and over) % of total unemployment | ||||||
2000 | 2011 | 2012 | 2000 | 2011 | 2012 | 2000 | 2011 | 2012 | ||
| | Australia | 6.4 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 11.7 | 28.3 | 18.9 | 20.3 |
| | Austria | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 24.8 |
| | Belgium | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 15.2 | 18.7 | 19.8 | 56.3 | 48.3 | 44.7 |
| | Canada | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 12.5 |
| | Chile | 9.4 | 7.4 | 6.7 | 21.3 | 17.5 | 16.3 | .. | .. | .. |
| | Czech Republic | 8.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 48.8 | 41.6 | 43.4 |
| | Denmark | 4.5 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 20.0 | 24.4 | 28.0 |
| | Estonia | 13.8 | 12.7 | 10.3 | 23.0 | 21.6 | 19.9 | 46.3 | 56.8 | 54.1 |
| | Finland | 9.8 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 20.3 | 18.9 | 17.8 | 29.0 | 22.6 | 21.7 |
| | France | 10.3 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 20.6 | 22.0 | 23.8 | 39.6 | 41.4 | 40.3 |
| | Germany | 7.8 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.1 | 51.5 | 48.0 | 45.5 |
| | Greece | 11.3 | 17.9 | 24.5 | 29.5 | 44.4 | 55.3 | 56.4 | 49.6 | 59.3 |
| | Hungary | 6.4 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 26.1 | 28.1 | 48.9 | 49.1 | 46.3 |
| | Iceland | 2.3 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 4.7 | 14.6 | 13.6 | 11.8 | 27.8 | 27.9 |
| | Ireland | 4.7 | 14.9 | 15.3 | 7.9 | 29.9 | 33.0 | .. | 59.3 | 61.7 |
| | Israel | 8.9 | 5.7 | 7.0 | 16.9 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 20.2 | 13.3 |
| | Italy | 10.6 | 8.5 | 10.8 | 29.7 | 29.1 | 35.3 | 61.3 | 51.9 | 53.0 |
| | Japan | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 25.5 | 39.4 | 38.5 |
| | Korea | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 10.8 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| | Luxembourg | 2.4 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 6.4 | 16.8 | 18.8 | 22.4 | 28.8 | 30.3 |
| | Mexico | 2.6 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| | Netherlands | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 9.5 | .. | 33.6 | 33.7 |
| | New Zealand | 6.2 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 13.6 | 17.3 | 17.7 | 19.8 | 9.0 | 13.2 |
| | Norway | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 10.2 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 11.6 | 8.7 |
| | Poland | 16.4 | 9.8 | 10.2 | 35.2 | 25.8 | 26.5 | 37.9 | 31.6 | 34.8 |
| | Portugal | 4.2 | 13.4 | 16.4 | 8.6 | 30.1 | 37.7 | 42.9 | 48.2 | 48.7 |
| | Slovak Republic | 18.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 37.0 | 33.2 | 34.0 | 54.6 | 63.9 | 63.7 |
| | Slovenia | .. | 8.3 | 9.0 | .. | 15.7 | 20.6 | .. | 44.2 | 47.9 |
| | Spain | 13.9 | 21.8 | 25.2 | 25.3 | 46.4 | 53.2 | 42.4 | 41.6 | 44.5 |
| | Sweden | 5.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 11.7 | 22.8 | 23.7 | 26.4 | 18.2 | 17.5 |
| | Switzerland | 2.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 29.0 | 38.8 | 35.3 |
| | Turkey | 6.7 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 18.4 | 17.5 | 21.1 | 26.5 | 24.9 |
| | United Kingdom | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 11.7 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 28.0 | 33.4 | 34.8 |
| | United States | 4.0 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 17.3 | 16.2 | 6.0 | 31.3 | 29.3 |
| | OECD-Total | 6.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 30.8 | 33.7 | 34.3 |
| Last updated: 16 July 2013; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | ||||||||||
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| Note: Next update: June 2014. OECD weighted average. | ||||||||||
| Source: OECD Employment Outlook, for most of the above indicators. For further details, see:sources, definitions and related studies. | ||||||||||