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Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national and international (Eurostat and ILO) official sources.

Definition:
The unemployed are all the persons above a specific age who, during the reference period, were:
(a) without work, i.e. were not in paid employment or self-employment, and
(b) currently available for work, i.e. were available for paid employment or self-employment during the reference period, and
(c) seeking work, i.e. had taken specific steps in a specified reference period to seek paid employment or self-employment.
For additional information, see the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS).
The unemployment rate is the share (in per cent) of the unemployed in the labour force (employed + unemployed).

Total unemployment rate provided in this table may slightly differ from total unemployment rate provided in Economic Statistics, due to the use of different sources.

General note: Data come from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) unless otherwise specified in country footnotes.

Country: Albania

Change in definition (1990 - 2006): Data refer to registered unemployment.

Country: Albania

Change in definition (1990 - 2012): Data refer to registered unemployment.

Country: Armenia

Up to 2006: data refer to the population aged 16-63 and based on the administrative register.
Break in methodlogy: 2007 data refer to population aged 16-75.
Break in methodlogy: from 2008 data refer to the population aged 15-75 and compiled according to ILO definition.
Break in methodlogy: from 2007 to 2013 data are based on the Integrated Survey of the Household Living Standards.
Break in methodlogy: since 2014 data are based on the Labour Force Survey.

Country: Austria

1980-1990: data refer to national definition (Life Subsistence Concept). From 1995: data comply with ILO definition.
1980: data refer to 1981.
Age group 60-64 refers to 60+.

Country: Azerbaijan

2004-2005: data refer to official estimates; males aged 15-61 and females 15-56.

Country: Belarus

Data refer to registered unemployment.

Country: Belgium

1980 : data refer to 1983.

Country: Bulgaria

1990: data refer to 1993.
Data refer to population aged 15-74.

Country: Cyprus

Data cover only the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.
1995/2000 : break in series due to change in methodology.

Country: Denmark

1980: data refer to 1983.
Data refer to population aged 15-66.

Country: Estonia

Data refer to population aged 15-74. Prior to 1997 data refer to population aged 15-69.
Age group 55-59 refers to 55-74.

Country: Finland

Data refer to the population aged 15-74.
1980/1990 : break in series due to change in methodology.

Country: France

Data do not cover the overseas departments (DOM).

Country: Georgia

Data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tshinvali).

Country: Germany

1980 : data refer to 1985.

Country: Greece

1980 : data refer to 1983.

Country: Hungary

1990: data refer to 1992.
Data refer to population aged 15-74.

Country: Iceland

Break in methodlogy (2003): Break in serie because of change to continuous survey every week of the year.

Country: Iceland

Change in definition (1980 - 2013): Data refer to population aged 16-74. Age group 15-19 refers to 16-19.

Country: Iceland

Reference period (1980): Data refer to 1981

Country: Iceland

Reference period (1990): Data refer to 1991

Country: Ireland

1980 : data refer to 1985.

Country: Israel

1995-2000 : age group 15-19 refers to 15-17; age group 20-24 refers to 18-24; age group 25-49 refers to 25-54.

Country: Italy

1980-1990 : data refer to the persons aged 14+, who have been seeking employment in the last 6 months. From 1995 : data refer to the persons aged 15+, who have been seeking employment in the last 30 days.

Country: Kyrgyzstan

2000,2001, 2003-2011: data refer to registered unemployed persons. 2002: data are based on household survey.

Country: Latvia

1995 : data refer to 1996.
1995/2000 : break in series due to adjustment to the results of 2000 Population Census.

Country: Lithuania

1995 : data refer to 1997.

Country: Netherlands

1980 : data refer to 1985.

Country: Norway

Prior to 2005 age group 15-19 refers to 16-19.

Country: Poland

1990 : data refer to 1992.

Country: Romania

1995: data refer to the population aged 14+.
Age group 60-64 refers to 60+.

Country: Russian Federation

1990: data refer to 1992. Before 2006: data do not cover the Chechen Republic.

Country: Serbia

Data do not cover Kosovo and Metohija.

Country: Spain

Data refer to population aged 16-74.
Age group 15-19 refers to 16-19.

Country: Sweden

1980 : data refer to the population aged 16+. From 1990 : data refer to the population aged 16-64.
Age group 15-19 refers to 16-19.
1995-2000 : break in series due to change in methodology.

Country: Switzerland

1990 : data refer to 1991.
1990-2002 : age group 15-19 refers to 15-24; age group 25-49 refers to 25-54; age group 55-59 refers to 55-64.

Country: Tajikistan

Change in definition (2004 - 2009): Data for age group 60-64 refers to 60-75.

Country: Turkiye

Break in series (2014): Since 2014 series are not comparable with the previous years due to methodological changes in LFS.

Country: Turkiye

From 2004, data are revised according to the new population projections.

Country: Ukraine

From 2014 data cover the territories under the government control.

Country: Ukraine

Data refer to the population aged 15-70.
1995 : data refer to registered unemployment.

Country: United Kingdom

Data refer to the population aged 16+.
Age group 15-19 refers to 16-19.

Country: United States

Data refer to the population aged 16+. Age group 15-19 refers to 16-19. As of 2000, age-group 25-49 refers to 25-54 and 55-59 refers to 55-64.

Country: Uzbekistan

Data refer to registered unemployment.

Country: Uzbekistan

Data for 1995-2006 refer to persons officially registered as unemployed. Since 2007 data refer to de facto unemployed population.