Unemployment Statistics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

OECD in Figures 2006-2007 - Unemployment table

06-Feb-2007

Click here to get a table on this issue from the OECD in Figures 2006-2007. OECD in Figures is an original, simple to use, pocket data book, compiled and checked by our experts, so that decision-makers in government, research and business know they can rely on it.