Unemployment Rate by Country and Month

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Source: UNECE Statistical Database, compiled from national and international (EUROSTAT, OECD, CIS) official sources.

Definition: The unemployment rate is the share (in per cent) of the unemployed in the labour force.

Unemployment data provided in this table may differ from unemployment data provided in Gender Statistics, due to the use of different sources.

General note: Data come from the Labour Force Survey (LFS), unless otherwise specified in country footnotes.
The UNECE secretariat presents time series ready for immediate analysis. When appropriate, source segments with methodological differences have been linked or rescaled to build long consistent time series. As a result, figures presented in this table may differ from those published by National Statistical Offices.


The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic impacts the production of statistics and may limit available resources and data sources. This may impact the quality of statistics for 2020, and could lead to later revisions.

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Armenia

Data refer to registered unemployment, end of period, and are compiled by the National Statistical Office using administrative records.

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Belarus

Annual data: LFS-based.

Monthly data refer to registered unemployment, end of period, and are compiled by the National Statistical Office using administrative records.

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Data refer to registered unemployment, end of period, and are compiled by the National Statistical Office using administrative records.

Country: France

Geographical Coverage: Data for France do not include the overseas departments (DOM).

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Georgia

Geographical Coverage: from 1993 excludes Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tshinvali).

Country: Israel

Designation and data provided by Israel.
The position of the United Nations on the question of Jerusalem is contained in General Assembly resolution 181 (II) and subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council concerning this question. Data include East Jerusalem.

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Republic of Moldova

Geographical Coverage: from 1993 excludes Transnistria.

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Russian Federation

From 2006 includes data on Chechen Republic.

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Tajikistan

Data refer to registered unemployment, end of period, and are compiled by the National Statistical Office using administrative records.

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Ukraine

Geographical coverage: from 2014, does not includes all territory of Ukraine.

Measurement: Unemployment rate , Country: Uzbekistan

Data refer to registered unemployment, end of period, and are compiled by the National Statistical Office using administrative records.