Population and migration
branch Total native-born unemployment rate
As a percentage of total labour force
  2007
Slovak Republic 11.2   11.20 
Greece 8.4   8.40 
Poland 8.4   8.40 
Israel 8.0   8.00 
Spain 7.9   7.90 
Germany 7.8   7.80 
Hungary 7.5   7.50 
France 7.4   7.40 
Finland 6.7   6.70 
Belgium 6.4   6.40 
Italy 6.0   6.00 
OECD average 5.7   5.70 
Czech Republic 5.3   5.30 
Sweden 5.3   5.30 
United Kingdom 4.9   4.90 
United States 4.9   4.90 
Slovenia 4.9   4.90 
Estonia 4.6   4.60 
Ireland 4.4   4.40 
Australia 4.2   4.20 
Luxembourg 3.6   3.60 
Austria 3.5   3.50 
Denmark 3.4   3.40 
Netherlands 3.1   3.10 
Switzerland 2.6   2.60 
Norway 2.3   2.30 
Canada ..    
Portugal ..    

Definition

The unemployment rate is the share of the unemployed in the total labour force (employed and unemployed persons). In accordance with the ILO standards, unemployed persons consist of those persons who report that they are without work during the reference week, that they are available for work and that they have taken active steps to find work during the four  weeks preceding the interview.

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