Unemployment Statistics

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: December 2008

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08-Dec-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.2% in October 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.6 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: November 2008

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10-Nov-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.0% in September 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: October 2008

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10-Oct-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 6.0% in August 2008, 0.2 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: September 2008

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08-Sep-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.8% in July 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.2 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: July 2008

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11-Jul-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.7% in May 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.1 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: June 2008

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09-Jun-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.5% in April 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.1 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: May 2008

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13-May-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.5% in March 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.1 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: April 2008

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11-Apr-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.5% in February 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.2 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: March 2008

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10-Mar-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.5% in January 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.3 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: February 2008

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08-Feb-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area(1) was 5.5% in December 2007, the same as the previous month and 0.3 percentage point lower than a year earlier.