Labour market
Overview
Values
| Year, month | Unemployment rate in % related to | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total civilian labour force | dependent civilian labour force |
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| Total | Male | Female | Juveniles of under 20 years of age |
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| 1 Beginning with reference month January 2009 unemployment ratios for the entire civilian workforce are published, replacing unemployment ratios based on the civilian workforce in dependent employment. Source: Statistics of Federal Employment Agency. |
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| 2012 | Jan | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.0 | 2.8 | 6.9 |
| 2011 | Dec | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 6.2 |
| Nov | 5.5 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 2.6 | 6.1 | |
| Oct | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 6.2 | |
| Sep | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 6.4 | |
| Aug | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 6.7 | |
| Jul | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 6.7 | |
| Jun | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 2.7 | 6.5 | |
| May | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 6.7 | |
| Apr | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 6.9 | |
| Mar | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 7.2 | |
| Feb | 6.6 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 7.4 | |
| Jan | 6.7 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 7.6 | |
| 2010 | Dec | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 6.9 |
| Nov | 6.0 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 6.7 | |
| Oct | 6.1 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 6.8 | |
| Sep | 6.2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 7.0 | |
| Aug | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 4.6 | 7.4 | |
| Jul | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 4.0 | 7.3 | |
| Jun | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 7.2 | |
| May | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 3.0 | 7.4 | |
| Apr | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 3.1 | 7.8 | |
| Mar | 7.2 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 3.4 | 8.1 | |
| Feb | 7.4 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 8.3 | |
| Jan | 7.3 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 3.4 | 8.2 | |
| 2009 | Dec | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 7.5 |
| Nov | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 7.4 | |
| Oct | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 3.5 | 7.4 | |
| Sep | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 4.3 | 7.7 | |
| Aug | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 8.0 | |
| Jul | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 7.9 | |
| Jun | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 7.7 | |
| May | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 7.8 | |
| Apr | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 3.6 | 8.0 | |
| Mar | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 8.0 | |
| Feb | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 7.9 | |
| Jan | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 3.5 | 7.7 | |
| 2008 | Dec | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 6.9 |
| Nov | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 6.7 | |
| Oct | 6.0 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 6.7 | |
| Sep | 6.1 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 4.1 | 6.9 | |
| Aug | 6.3 | 5.8 | 6.9 | 4.9 | 7.1 | |
| Jul | 6.3 | 5.9 | 6.9 | 4.2 | 7.1 | |
| Jun | 6.2 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 7.0 | |
| May | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 3.2 | 7.2 | |
| Apr | 6.6 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 7.4 | |
| Mar | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 3.8 | 7.6 | |
| Feb | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 7.9 | |
| Jan | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 8.0 | |
| 2007 | Dec | 6.7 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 3.9 | 7.5 |
| Nov | 6.6 | 6.1 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 7.5 | |
| Oct | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 7.6 | |
| Sep | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 5.4 | 7.8 | |
| Aug | 7.3 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 6.5 | 8.2 | |
| Jul | 7.3 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 8.2 | |
| Jun | 7.3 | 6.7 | 7.9 | 4.0 | 8.1 | |
| May | 7.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 8.4 | |
| Apr | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.3 | - | 8.8 | |
| Mar | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.5 | - | 9.1 | |
| Feb | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.7 | - | 9.4 | |
| Jan | 8.5 | 8.1 | 8.8 | - | 9.5 | |
| 2006 | Dec | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.6 | - | 9.0 |
| Nov | 8.0 | 7.5 | 8.7 | - | 9.0 | |
| Oct | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.9 | - | 9.2 | |
| Sep | 8.5 | 8.0 | 9.2 | - | 9.6 | |
| Aug | 8.8 | 8.3 | 9.5 | - | 9.9 | |
| Jul | 8.9 | 8.5 | 9.4 | - | 10.0 | |
| Jun | 8.9 | 8.6 | 9.3 | - | 10.0 | |
| May | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.4 | - | 10.3 | |
| Apr | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.8 | - | 10.9 | |
| Mar | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.9 | - | 11.3 | |
| Feb | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.0 | - | 11.5 | |
| Jan | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.1 | - | 11.4 | |
| 2005 | Dec | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.7 | - | 10.6 |
| Nov | 9.4 | 9.1 | 9.7 | - | 10.5 | |
| Oct | 9.4 | 9.1 | 9.8 | - | 10.5 | |
| Sep | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.9 | - | 10.7 | |
| Aug | 9.8 | 9.6 | 10.1 | - | 11.0 | |
| Jul | 9.9 | 9.7 | 10.1 | - | 11.0 | |
| Jun | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.8 | - | 10.8 | |
| May | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | - | 11.0 | |
| Apr | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.1 | - | 11.3 | |
| Mar | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.2 | - | 11.8 | |
| Feb | 10.6 | 11.0 | 10.2 | - | 11.8 | |
| Jan | 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.6 | - | 11.2 | |
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