Unemployment rate

The unemployment rate shows the share of unemployed persons in the economically active population, or the labour force.

The data are collected with the Labour Force Survey. An unemployed person is someone who does not work anywhere, but who is actively seeking work and is available to start work immediately (within two weeks), if he or she found work.

Unemployment rate 6.4 %
Unemployment rate (quarters) 7.6 %
13.4%
Q2 2024
Unemployment rate by region | 2014–2023
Unemployment rate of persons aged 15–74 by sex | 2009–2023
Unemployment rate of persons aged 15–74 | 2011 – 2023
Unit: %
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Total 12.3 10.0 8.6 7.4 6.2 6.8 5.8 5.4 4.4 6.8 6.2 5.6 6.4

Unemployment rate by quarter | 1st quarter 2022 – 2nd quarter 2024
Unit: %
1st quarter 2022 2nd quarter 2022 3rd quarter 2022 4th quarter 2022 1st quarter 2023 2nd quarter 2023 3rd quarter 2023 4th quarter 2023 1st quarter 2024 2nd quarter 2024
Total 5.5 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.3 6.7 7.3 6.3 7.8 7.6