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
	2011M12	2012M01	2012M02	2012M03	2012M04	2012M05	2012M06	2012M07	2012M08	2012M09	2012M10	2012M11
Euro area (changing composition)	16920	17089	17269	17483	17729	17921	18136	18280	18375	18530	18703	..
Euro area (17 countries)	16920	17089	17269	17483	17729	17921	18136	18280	18375	18530	18703	..
Euro area (16 countries)	16842	17014	17195	17409	17659	17851	18067	18210	18306	18463	18636	..
EU (27 countries)	24161	24301	24453	24673	24869	25090	25341	25435	25532	25709	25913	..
EU (15 countries)	19529	19696	19858	20066	20261	20460	20686	20790	20880	21037	21204	..
Belgium	344	343	342	346	356	361	365	366	365	361	362	..
Bulgaria	393	396	400	404	405	406	412	417	415	415	419	..
Czech Republic	348	351	358	357	354	357	360	365	368	375	384	..
Denmark	223	213	220	226	230	234	231	222	214	213	222	..
Germany	2367	2357	2350	2346	2342	2337	2330	2321	2309	2294	2274	..
Estonia	78	76	75	74	70	70	69	70	69	67	..	..
Ireland	323	324	324	322	319	318	318	317	317	317	316	..
Greece	1050	1061	1066	1085	1141	1187	1231	1238	1261	1295	..	..
Spain	5331	5409	5488	5552	5631	5728	5781	5861	5913	5989	6076	..
France	2891	2915	2933	2953	2965	3006	3046	3098	3128	3152	3147	..
Italy	2404	2471	2556	2640	2698	2686	2738	2713	2706	2778	2870	..
Cyprus	42	43	44	46	49	51	50	52	52	53	56	..
Latvia	161	158	158	158	164	164	164	147	147	147	..	..
Lithuania	197	198	198	196	193	190	188	185	184	183	185	..
Luxembourg	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	..
Hungary	470	481	482	480	481	479	470	466	465	471	..	..
Malta	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	..
Netherlands	431	440	433	441	464	455	455	469	468	481	491	..
Austria	180	179	180	180	179	189	197	198	195	191	187	..
Poland	1716	1713	1715	1711	1719	1730	1742	1752	1771	1789	1810	..
Portugal	789	792	798	816	831	840	860	870	883	882	888	..
Romania	751	723	702	716	703	710	727	708	702	700	695	..
Slovenia	88	85	83	82	84	85	84	83	83	84	85	..
Slovakia	378	372	369	370	373	376	380	383	385	382	383	..
Finland	203	203	204	205	206	207	208	209	210	209	207	..
Sweden	376	379	376	372	372	392	384	381	398	399	390	412
United Kingdom	2609	2601	2574	2568	2516	2503	2530	2504	2491	2485	..	..
Iceland	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	..
Norway	89	88	85	82	81	81	83	81	83	82	..	..
Croatia	247	242	246	248	252	253	255	255	258	263	280	..
Turkey	2183	2149	2167	2170	2158	2139	2089	2136	2165	..	..	..
United States	13130	12727	12800	12614	12495	12717	12794	12783	12593	12102	12318	..
Japan	2950	3060	2990	2970	3000	2890	2800	2820	2710	2730	..	..
Males
	2011M12	2012M01	2012M02	2012M03	2012M04	2012M05	2012M06	2012M07	2012M08	2012M09	2012M10	2012M11
Euro area (changing composition)	9061	9129	9226	9357	9525	9636	9748	9796	9865	9988	10081	..
Euro area (17 countries)	9061	9129	9226	9357	9525	9636	9748	9796	9865	9988	10081	..
Euro area (16 countries)	9019	9088	9185	9317	9487	9598	9711	9757	9828	9951	10044	..
EU (27 countries)	13054	13108	13192	13320	13461	13593	13740	13758	13821	13947	14070	..
EU (15 countries)	10556	10615	10707	10832	10960	11081	11211	11237	11293	11406	11504	..
Belgium	187	188	189	190	191	192	192	193	194	195	197	..
Bulgaria	233	232	235	237	239	241	246	250	247	245	247	..
Czech Republic	172	174	177	175	172	172	173	175	177	182	187	..
Denmark	117	110	115	118	120	122	122	118	114	115	120	..
Germany	1340	1338	1334	1329	1322	1315	1308	1304	1300	1292	1282	..
Estonia	43	41	41	40	39	38	37	38	37	37	..	..
Ireland	215	216	215	214	214	213	214	213	212	209	209	..
Greece	515	519	528	540	578	599	629	628	642	656	..	..
Spain	2862	2893	2941	2984	3045	3106	3141	3170	3189	3227	3270	..
France	1471	1492	1507	1512	1510	1526	1541	1568	1586	1605	1613	..
Italy	1293	1308	1337	1402	1446	1447	1472	1438	1448	1519	1556	..
Cyprus	24	24	25	26	28	29	28	29	28	29	31	..
Latvia	91	84	84	84	89	89	89	74	74	74	..	..
Lithuania	111	111	111	110	109	108	108	108	108	108	107	..
Luxembourg	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	..
Hungary	252	261	262	259	264	268	265	259	258	259	..	..
Malta	7	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	..
Netherlands	232	236	234	236	251	246	245	254	253	259	266	..
Austria	88	89	89	88	94	107	109	106	105	104	104	..
Poland	876	877	879	874	874	881	892	903	919	933	948	..
Portugal	414	412	415	425	435	443	457	468	479	480	483	..
Romania	441	437	423	434	434	431	437	424	422	420	418	..
Slovenia	45	44	43	42	43	43	42	42	42	42	43	..
Slovakia	207	202	199	199	202	203	205	207	210	209	212	..
Finland	115	114	114	115	116	116	116	116	116	115	113	..
Sweden	202	204	205	204	198	212	206	211	219	209	214	223
United Kingdom	1500	1489	1476	1466	1436	1430	1457	1437	1419	1423	..	..
Iceland	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	..
Norway	53	53	52	50	49	49	50	48	49	48	..	..
Croatia	136	136	138	140	140	142	144	146	148	151	154	..
Turkey	1460	1427	1448	1448	1437	1424	1386	1416	1426	..	..	..
United States	7156	6762	6835	6769	6702	6932	7005	6912	6899	6662	6714	..
Japan	1850	1860	1810	1840	1830	1700	1690	1700	1680	1680	..	..
Females
	2011M12	2012M01	2012M02	2012M03	2012M04	2012M05	2012M06	2012M07	2012M08	2012M09	2012M10	2012M11
Euro area (changing composition)	7858	7961	8044	8126	8204	8284	8388	8485	8510	8542	8622	..
Euro area (17 countries)	7858	7961	8044	8126	8204	8284	8388	8485	8510	8542	8622	..
Euro area (16 countries)	7823	7926	8010	8092	8173	8253	8357	8453	8478	8512	8592	..
EU (27 countries)	11107	11194	11261	11354	11407	11497	11601	11678	11711	11762	11842	..
EU (15 countries)	8974	9081	9151	9234	9301	9379	9475	9553	9587	9631	9700	..
Belgium	158	154	153	157	165	170	173	173	171	166	165	..
Bulgaria	160	163	166	167	166	165	166	167	167	169	172	..
Czech Republic	176	178	181	183	182	185	187	190	191	194	197	..
Denmark	106	103	105	108	110	111	109	104	100	98	102	..
Germany	1027	1019	1016	1016	1019	1022	1021	1016	1009	1002	993	..
Estonia	35	35	34	34	31	32	32	32	32	30	..	..
Ireland	108	109	109	108	105	105	105	105	105	108	107	..
Greece	535	541	538	545	563	589	601	609	618	639	..	..
Spain	2468	2515	2548	2568	2586	2622	2640	2691	2723	2762	2807	..
France	1420	1423	1426	1441	1455	1480	1505	1530	1542	1546	1534	..
Italy	1111	1162	1219	1238	1252	1239	1266	1276	1258	1258	1314	..
Cyprus	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	..
Latvia	70	74	74	74	75	75	75	72	72	72	..	..
Lithuania	86	87	87	86	84	82	80	77	76	75	78	..
Luxembourg	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	..
Hungary	218	221	220	221	217	210	204	207	207	212	..	..
Malta	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	..
Netherlands	200	205	199	204	213	209	210	215	215	222	225	..
Austria	93	90	92	93	84	82	88	92	90	87	83	..
Poland	840	836	836	837	846	849	850	849	853	856	862	..
Portugal	374	380	383	391	396	397	403	402	404	402	405	..
Romania	311	286	279	282	269	279	290	284	281	280	277	..
Slovenia	43	41	40	40	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	..
Slovakia	171	170	170	171	171	172	175	176	175	173	172	..
Finland	88	89	89	90	90	91	92	93	94	94	94	..
Sweden	174	175	171	167	174	180	178	171	179	190	176	189
United Kingdom	1108	1112	1098	1101	1079	1074	1073	1067	1071	1062	..	..
Iceland	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	..
Norway	36	35	33	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	..	..
Croatia	111	106	108	108	112	111	111	109	110	112	126	..
Turkey	723	722	719	721	720	715	704	720	739	..	..	..
United States	5974	5965	5965	5845	5793	5785	5789	5871	5694	5440	5604	..
Japan	1100	1200	1180	1130	1170	1190	1110	1120	1030	1050	..	..

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Source: Eurostat