Unemployment Statistics

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: October 2009

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12-Oct-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.6% in August 2009, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: September 2009

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14-Sep-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.5% in July 2009, the same as the previous month and 2.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: July 2009

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13-Jul-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.3% in May 2009, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.4 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

EO85 Annex Tables: Wages, costs, unemployment and inflation

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07-Jul-2009

Statistical Annex tables in Excel format from OECD Economic Outlook No. 85. This file includes tables on compensation per employee in the business sector; labour productivity in the business sector; unemployment ...

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: June 2009

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09-Jun-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 7.8% in April 2009, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.2 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: May 2009

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11-May-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 7.6% in March 2009, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.0 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: April 2009

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10-Apr-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 7.3% in February 2009, 0.3 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.7 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: March 2009

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09-Mar-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.9% in January 2009, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2009

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09-Feb-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.8% in December 2008, 0.2 percentage point higher than the previous month and 1.1 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2009

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12-Jan-2009

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.5% in November 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.8 percentage point higher than a year earlier.