7.2.3. Unemployment data of population aged 15–64 (2000–)*(1/2)

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Countries Unemployed, thousands, 2019 Unemployment rate, per cent
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Austria 204 4.7 4.0 4.9 4.8 5.9 5.7 5.3 4.9 4.2 5.4
Belgium 273 6.6 6.2 6.9 7.7 7.4 8.5 8.3 7.5 7.0 8.0
Bulgaria 140 16.4 20.0 18.3 13.9 12.2 10.2 9.0 6.9 5.7 6.9
Cyprus 32 5.1 4.0 3.4 4.2 4.4 5.4 4.7 4.0 3.8 5.5
Czechia 108 8.8 8.0 7.1 7.6 8.3 8.0 7.2 5.4 4.4 6.8
Denmark 150 4.5 4.2 4.3 5.5 5.3 4.9 4.0 3.8 3.7 6.5
Estonia 30 13.6 13.2 10.2 11.6 10.6 8.2 6.1 4.7 5.6 13.9
Finland 182 11.2 10.4 10.5 10.5 10.4 8.5 7.8 6.9 6.4 8.4
France 2 495 10.3 8.6 8.7 8.3 8.9 8.5 8.5 7.7 7.1 8.8
Greece 810 11.5 10.6 10.2 9.6 10.5 10.1 9.1 8.5 7.9 9.8
Netherlands 303 2.7 2.1 2.6 3.6 4.7 5.9 5.0 4.2 3.7 4.4
Croatia 119 .. .. 15.4 14.3 14.1 13.0 11.5 10.1 8.7 9.4
Ireland 120 4.4 3.7 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.5 5.1 6.9 12.8
Poland 556 16.6 18.7 20.2 19.7 19.4 18.0 14.0 9.7 7.2 8.3
Latvia 61 14.5 14.1 14.0 12.2 11.9 10.2 7.2 6.2 8.0 18.0
Lithuania 92 16.3 17.1 13.2 13.0 10.8 8.4 5.8 4.3 5.9 14.0
Luxembourg 17 2.4 1.8 2.6 3.7 5.1 4.5 4.7 4.1 5.1 5.2
Hungary 159 6.6 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.9 7.2 7.5 7.5 7.9 10.1
Malta 10 6.4 7.2 7.0 7.5 7.4 7.0 6.8 6.5 6.0 6.9
Germany 1 362 8.0 7.8 8.6 9.9 10.8 11.3 10.4 8.8 7.6 7.9
Italy 2 567 11.0 9.7 9.3 9.0 8.0 7.8 6.9 6.2 6.8 7.9
Portugal 334 4.0 4.1 4.8 6.5 6.7 8.0 8.1 8.5 8.0 10.0
Romania 353 7.7 7.3 8.8 7.4 8.1 7.5 7.6 6.8 6.1 7.2
Spain 3 236 13.9 10.4 11.2 11.3 11.1 9.2 8.5 8.3 11.3 18.0
Sweden 372 5.5 4.8 5.0 5.6 6.8 7.9 7.1 6.2 6.3 8.5
Slovakia 158 19.1 19.4 18.7 17.2 18.6 16.3 13.4 11.2 9.5 12.1
Slovenia 46 7.1 5.8 6.1 6.6 6.1 6.7 6.1 5.0 4.5 6.0
EU27_2020 14 286 .. .. 9.7 9.8 10.0 9.7 8.7 7.5 7.3 9.3
United Kingdom 1 249 5.6 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.8 5.4 5.3 5.7 7.7
EU28 15 535 .. .. 9.1 9.1 9.3 9.1 8.3 7.3 7.1 9.0
Euro area–19 12 330 9.5 8.4 8.7 9.1 9.3 9.1 8.4 7.5 7.6 9.7
North Macedonia 166 .. .. .. .. .. .. 36.3 35.2 34.0 32.3
Norway 103 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.4 3.4 2.5 2.6 3.2
Russia 3 346a 10.7 9.0 7.9 8.3 7.8 7.2 7.1 6.1 6.2 8.4
Switzerland 215 2.7 2.5 3.0 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.1 3.7 3.4 4.2
Turkey 4 418 .. .. .. .. .. .. 8.9 9.1 9.9 12.8
Israel 152 11.2 12.0 13.1 13.7 13.2 11.5 10.8 9.5 7.8 9.7
Japan 1 480 4.9 5.2 5.6 5.5 4.9 4.6 4.3 4.0 4.2 5.3
Republic of Korea 967 4.6 4.2 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.8
United Statesb 5 684 4.0 4.8 5.9 6.1 5.6 5.1 4.7 4.7 5.8 9.4
Canada 1 106 6.9 7.3 7.7 7.6 7.3 6.8 6.4 6.1 6.2 8.4
Mexico 1 956 2.6 2.6 3.1 3.6 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 4.0 5.5
Australia 689 6.4 6.8 6.5 6.0 5.5 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.3 5.7
New Zealand 109 6.2 5.5 5.4 4.8 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.8 4.3 6.3
*Source: Eurostat (Luxembourg); ILOSTAT (ILO, Geneva).  aIncludes statistical data for the Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.  bData refer to the population aged 16–64.  Revised data 

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