Unemployment Statistics

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: June 2010

14-Jun-2010

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was steady in April 2010 at 8.7%, unchanged from March. The general picture is of broad stability across OECD countries.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: May 2010

11-May-2010

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was broadly stable in March 2010 at 8.7%; a rise of 0.1 percentage point compared with February.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: April 2010

13-Apr-2010

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was broadly stable in February 2010 compared with January. The headline rate fell 0.1 percentage point but this reflected the partial unwinding of effects that led ...

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: March 2010

08-Mar-2010

The unemployment rate for the OECD area fell slightly to 8.7% in January 2010, reflecting drops of 0.3 percentage points in the United States and Japan.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: February 2010

08-Feb-2010

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.8% in December 2009, unchanged from the previous month but up by 1.8 percentage points from a year earlier.

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: January 2010

11-Jan-2010

The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.8% in November 2009, the same as the previous month and 2.1 percentage points higher than a year earlier.

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

14-Dec-2009

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

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

09-Nov-2009

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

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

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

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.