Unemployment Statistics

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.