Harmonised unemployment by gender - total

1000 persons (SA)

Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74 who were without work during the reference week, were currently available for work and were either actively seeking work in the past four weeks or had already found a job to start within the next three months.

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Total
	2012M01	2012M02	2012M03	2012M04	2012M05	2012M06	2012M07	2012M08	2012M09	2012M10	2012M11	2012M12
Euro area (changing composition)	17090	17275	17490	17757	17921	18103	18209	18271	18435	18636	18699	18715
Euro area (17 countries)	17090	17275	17490	17757	17921	18103	18209	18271	18435	18636	18699	18715
Euro area (16 countries)	17015	17200	17416	17687	17851	18034	18138	18201	18367	18569	18630	18646
EU (27 countries)	24307	24461	24686	24902	25095	25310	25356	25418	25601	25827	25928	25926
EU (15 countries)	19699	19862	20073	20288	20456	20646	20700	20753	20910	21091	21170	21163
Belgium	343	343	348	358	364	365	364	363	360	363	367	368
Bulgaria	397	401	405	406	407	411	414	411	410	413	414	411
Czech Republic	352	358	357	354	357	360	364	368	377	384	391	394
Denmark	213	220	225	229	234	231	222	214	213	222	228	233
Germany	2357	2351	2347	2341	2332	2320	2308	2298	2288	2276	2259	2236
Estonia	75	74	74	70	70	70	71	70	68	67	68	..
Ireland	325	325	323	319	318	318	317	317	317	316	316	316
Greece	1060	1066	1086	1141	1189	1236	1251	1275	1309	1346	..	..
Spain	5429	5506	5564	5641	5730	5768	5849	5885	5925	5971	6011	5972
France	2897	2917	2944	2967	2999	3012	3020	3026	3046	3064	3091	3123
Italy	2467	2558	2641	2711	2691	2751	2732	2726	2801	2881	2871	2875
Cyprus	43	44	46	49	51	51	54	55	57	62	63	66
Latvia	159	159	159	164	164	164	146	146	146	..	..	..
Lithuania	200	200	199	196	194	191	188	187	187	189	192	187
Luxembourg	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Hungary	482	482	481	481	479	470	466	465	470	477	476	..
Malta	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13
Netherlands	440	433	441	464	455	455	469	468	481	491	500	520
Austria	180	180	181	179	189	196	197	195	190	192	190	188
Poland	1712	1715	1711	1720	1731	1743	1753	1773	1790	1810	1831	1845
Portugal	792	798	816	831	840	860	870	883	881	886	886	897
Romania	723	702	716	703	710	727	708	702	700	695	674	661
Slovenia	85	83	82	83	85	88	92	95	97	101	100	102
Slovakia	371	369	370	374	377	381	382	382	381	387	397	405
Finland	203	204	205	206	206	207	208	209	209	208	207	206
Sweden	379	376	373	372	392	384	381	398	398	389	410	395
United Kingdom	2601	2574	2568	2517	2504	2529	2498	2485	2480	2474	..	..
Iceland	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Norway	86	84	81	81	81	83	82	84	84	88	95	..
Croatia	242	247	250	255	257	260	272	277	283	303	310	315
Turkey	2144	2163	2170	2159	2146	2097	2151	2183	2268	2255	..	..
United States	12709	12779	12597	12506	12712	12782	12768	12538	12093	12290	12005	12230
Japan	3060	2990	2970	3000	2890	2800	2820	2710	2730	2730	2700	..
Males
	2012M01	2012M02	2012M03	2012M04	2012M05	2012M06	2012M07	2012M08	2012M09	2012M10	2012M11	2012M12
Euro area (changing composition)	9133	9234	9368	9541	9645	9752	9772	9818	9940	10048	10085	10095
Euro area (17 countries)	9133	9234	9368	9541	9645	9752	9772	9818	9940	10048	10085	10095
Euro area (16 countries)	9092	9193	9328	9502	9607	9714	9733	9780	9902	10012	10047	10058
EU (27 countries)	13116	13202	13334	13480	13604	13744	13721	13761	13892	14021	14065	14064
EU (15 countries)	10621	10716	10844	10976	11088	11213	11199	11232	11346	11445	11484	11478
Belgium	189	190	190	192	193	194	196	198	199	201	202	203
Bulgaria	233	235	238	240	242	246	249	246	244	245	245	241
Czech Republic	174	177	175	172	172	173	174	176	183	186	192	194
Denmark	110	115	118	119	122	122	118	114	115	120	124	127
Germany	1337	1334	1330	1324	1316	1308	1303	1297	1289	1279	1265	1248
Estonia	40	40	40	39	38	38	38	38	37	36	38	..
Ireland	215	215	214	213	213	214	213	213	210	210	209	211
Greece	520	528	541	578	600	632	636	652	668	697	..	..
Spain	2905	2954	2996	3052	3108	3140	3164	3171	3182	3193	3188	3161
France	1485	1501	1508	1509	1521	1527	1540	1552	1576	1602	1622	1632
Italy	1308	1340	1406	1453	1455	1482	1443	1451	1523	1551	1564	1577
Cyprus	24	25	26	28	29	29	30	30	32	35	35	36
Latvia	84	84	84	89	89	89	74	74	74	..	..	..
Lithuania	112	112	111	110	109	109	109	109	109	110	113	110
Luxembourg	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Hungary	261	262	260	264	268	265	259	258	258	262	261	..
Malta	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	7	7	7
Netherlands	236	234	236	251	246	245	254	253	259	266	277	292
Austria	90	89	88	94	107	109	105	104	103	107	107	105
Poland	878	880	875	875	882	892	903	918	932	946	957	963
Portugal	412	415	425	435	443	457	468	479	479	482	481	487
Romania	437	423	434	434	431	437	424	422	420	418	395	389
Slovenia	43	43	42	43	43	44	46	48	49	51	51	53
Slovakia	201	199	199	202	203	204	204	204	204	210	218	225
Finland	114	115	115	116	116	116	116	117	116	116	116	115
Sweden	204	205	205	198	212	206	211	219	209	214	222	212
United Kingdom	1489	1476	1466	1436	1429	1455	1425	1407	1411	1403	..	..
Iceland	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Norway	52	51	50	49	50	50	49	50	50	52	56	..
Croatia	136	139	141	142	144	146	151	154	158	162	165	168
Turkey	1428	1449	1450	1437	1425	1385	1417	1428	1467	1443	..	..
United States	6778	6841	6772	6736	6952	7012	6895	6870	6661	6682	6512	6468
Japan	1860	1810	1840	1830	1700	1690	1700	1680	1680	1630	1650	..
Females
	2012M01	2012M02	2012M03	2012M04	2012M05	2012M06	2012M07	2012M08	2012M09	2012M10	2012M11	2012M12
Euro area (changing composition)	7958	8041	8122	8216	8276	8351	8437	8453	8495	8588	8614	8619
Euro area (17 countries)	7958	8041	8122	8216	8276	8351	8437	8453	8495	8588	8614	8619
Euro area (16 countries)	7923	8007	8088	8185	8244	8319	8405	8421	8465	8557	8583	8588
EU (27 countries)	11191	11259	11352	11421	11491	11566	11635	11657	11710	11806	11863	11862
EU (15 countries)	9079	9147	9229	9312	9368	9433	9501	9521	9564	9645	9685	9685
Belgium	155	154	158	167	171	171	168	166	161	162	165	164
Bulgaria	163	166	167	166	165	165	165	164	165	168	170	170
Czech Republic	178	181	183	182	185	187	190	191	194	197	200	200
Denmark	103	105	108	110	111	109	104	100	98	102	104	106
Germany	1020	1017	1017	1017	1016	1012	1005	1001	998	997	994	988
Estonia	35	34	34	31	32	32	32	32	30	31	31	..
Ireland	109	110	109	105	105	105	104	105	107	107	107	105
Greece	540	537	545	563	589	604	615	622	641	649	..	..
Spain	2524	2553	2568	2589	2621	2628	2684	2714	2743	2778	2823	2812
France	1412	1416	1436	1458	1478	1485	1480	1474	1469	1462	1469	1491
Italy	1159	1218	1235	1258	1236	1270	1289	1276	1278	1330	1308	1298
Cyprus	19	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	30
Latvia	74	74	74	75	75	75	72	72	72	..	..	..
Lithuania	88	89	88	86	84	82	80	78	78	79	79	77
Luxembourg	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Hungary	221	220	221	217	210	204	208	207	212	215	215	..
Malta	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5
Netherlands	205	199	204	213	209	210	215	215	222	225	223	228
Austria	90	91	93	85	82	88	92	90	87	84	83	83
Poland	834	835	836	845	849	851	851	854	858	864	874	882
Portugal	380	383	390	396	397	403	401	404	401	405	405	410
Romania	286	279	282	269	279	290	284	281	280	277	279	273
Slovenia	41	40	39	40	42	44	46	48	49	50	49	48
Slovakia	169	170	172	172	174	177	178	178	177	177	179	180
Finland	89	89	90	90	90	91	92	92	92	92	91	91
Sweden	175	171	168	174	180	178	171	179	190	176	188	183
United Kingdom	1112	1098	1102	1080	1075	1074	1074	1078	1069	1071	..	..
Iceland	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Norway	34	33	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	36	39	..
Croatia	106	108	109	114	113	114	120	123	125	141	144	147
Turkey	716	714	720	722	721	712	734	755	800	812	..	..
United States	5931	5938	5825	5770	5760	5770	5873	5668	5432	5608	5493	5762
Japan	1200	1180	1130	1170	1190	1110	1120	1030	1050	1100	1050	..

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Source: Eurostat