Unemployment rate is the share of the labour force without work.
The labour force is the total number of employees, the self-employed, unpaid family workers and the unemployed.
Unemployed people are those of a working age who do not have a job, are available for work and have taken specific steps to find a job in the previous four weeks.
Data are based on labour force surveys (LFS) which contain predominantly monthly and quarterly statistics on the unemployed population by age groups and sex.
The uniform application of this definition results in estimates of unemployment rates that are more internationally comparable than estimates based on national definitions of unemployment.
This indicator is measured as a percentage of the labour force and is seasonally adjusted.
