Economics: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2074-384x - © OECD 2013
| Harmonised unemployment rates | ||||||||
| As percentage of active population, seasonally adjusted | ||||||||
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| | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |||||
Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | ||||
| Australia | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| Austria | 4.1 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Belgium | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| Canada | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| Chile | 7.1 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 5.5 | .. |
| Czech Republic | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Denmark | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Estonia | 12.6 | 10.1 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.9 | .. |
| Finland | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| France | 9.6 | 10.3 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Germany | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Greece | 17.7 | 24.3 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 27.0 | 27.6 | .. | .. |
| Hungary | 11.0 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 | .. |
| Iceland | 7.1 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| Ireland | 14.7 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 13.9 | 13.8 |
| Israel 1 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | .. | |
| Italy | 8.4 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.0 |
| Japan | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | |
| Korea | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | .. |
| Luxembourg | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| Mexico | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
| Netherlands | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.0 |
| New Zealand | 6.5 | 6.9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Norway | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | .. | .. |
| Poland | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.4 |
| Portugal | 12.9 | 15.9 | 17.6 | 17.5 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 16.5 |
| Slovak Republic | 13.7 | 14.0 | 14.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.4 | 14.3 |
| Slovenia | 8.2 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.2 |
| Spain | 21.6 | 25.1 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 26.3 | 26.3 |
| Sweden | 7.8 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.8 |
| Switzerland | 4.0 | 4.2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Turkey | 8.8 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | .. | .. |
| United Kingdom | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | .. | .. |
| United States | 9.0 | 8.1 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| European Union | 9.7 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Euro Area | 10.1 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Major-seven | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| OECD-Total | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
Last updated: 10 September 2013; disclaimer: http://oe.cd/disclaimer | |||||||||
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Break in series | |||||||||
Note: Link to update dates. | |||||||||
Information on data for Israel: http://oe.cd/israel-disclaimer. | |||||||||
Source: Labour force statistics, Main Economic Indicators (database) |