OECD.- Standardised unemployment rates. 1976-1986
Country 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
United States 7.6 6.9 6.0 5.8 7.0 7.5 9.5 9.5 7.4 7.1 6.9
Japan 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.8
Germany* 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.2 2.9 4.2 5.9 7.7| 7.1 7.1 6.4
France 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.8 6.2 7.4 8.1 8.3 9.7 10.2 10.4
Italy 6.6 7.0 7.1 7.6 7.5 7.8 8.4| 8.8 9.4 9.6 10.5
United Kingdom 5.6 6.0 5.9 5.0 6.4 9.8 11.3 12.4|11.7 11.2 11.2
Canada 7.1 8.1 8.3 7.4 7.5 7.5 10.9 11.9 11.2 10.5 9.5
Total of above
countries 5.4 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.5 6.3 7.7 8.1| 7.3 7.2 7.1
Australia 4.7 5.6 6.2 6.2 6.0 5.7 7.1 9.9 8.9 8.2 8.0
Belgium 6.4 7.4 7.9 8.2 8.8 10.8 12.6|12.1 12.1 11.3 11.2
Finland 3.8 5.8 7.2 5.9 4.6 4.8| 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.3
Ireland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14.0 15.5 17.0 17.0
Netherlands 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.4 6.0 8.5 11.4|12.0 11.8 10.6 9.9
New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4.0
Norway 1.7 1.4 1.8 2.0| 1.6 2.0 2.6 3.4 3.1 2.6 2.0
Portugal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.8 8.4 8.5 8.4
Spain 4.5 5.1 6.8 8.4 11.1 13.8 15.6 17.0 19.7 21.1 20.8
Sweden 1.6 1.8 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.9 3.4 3.0 2.8
TOTAL OECD 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.1 5.8 6.7 8.2 8.6 8.0 7.8 7.7
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Memorandum item
European Union** 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.7 6.4 8.1 9.4 10.0|10.4 10.5 10.5
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* Up to and including 1992, data concern western Germany
** European Union: only countries shown -Germany, France, Italy, United
Kingdom, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and
Sweden- are included in the area total.
NOTE: These unemployment rates are based on the ILO/OECD Guidelines. The
unemployed are defined as persons of working age who are without work,
are available for work and are actively seeking employment; unemployment
is expressed as a percentage of total labour force including all members
of the armed forces. Break is marked by (|). The data above are averages
of quarterly or monthly figures. For a detailed description of the
sources and methods used, see STANDARDISED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, SOURCES
AND METHODS (OECD, 1985)
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source: OECD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, No. 61, June 1997, OECD, 1997
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OECD.- Standardised unemployment rates. 1987-1995
Country 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
United States 6.1 5.4| 5.2 5.6 6.8 7.5 6.9| 6.0 5.5
Japan 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.9 3.1
Germany* 6.2 6.2 5.6 4.8 4.2 4.6| 7.9 8.4 8.2
France 10.5 10.0 9.4 8.9 9.4 10.3 11.7 12.3 11.6
Italy 10.9 11.0 10.9 10.3 9.9 10.5| 10.2 11.1 12.2
United Kingdom 10.3 8.6 7.2 6.9 8.8 10.1 10.4 9.6 8.7
Canada 8.8 7.7 7.5 8.1 10.3 11.3 11.2 10.3 9.5
Total of above
countries 6.7 6.1 5.7 5.7 6.4 7.0| 7.2| 7.0 6.7
Australia 8.0 7.2 6.1 6.9 9.5 10.7 10.8 9.7 8.5
Belgium 11.0 9.7 8.0 7.2 7.2 7.7 8.6 9.6 9.5
Finland 5.0 4.5 3.4 3.4 7.5 13.0 17.7 18.2 17.1
Ireland 16.7| 16.2 14.7 13.3 14.7 15.5 15.6 14.1 12.2
Netherlands 9.6 9.1 8.3 7.5 7.0| 5.6 6.2 6.8 6.5
New Zealand 4.0 5.5 7.1 7.7 10.3 10.2 9.4 8.1 6.3
Norway 2.1 3.2 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.4 4.9
Portugal 7.0 5.7 5.0 4.6 4.1| 4.1 5.5 6.8 7.1
Spain 20.1 19.1 16.9 15.9 16.0 18.1 22.4 23.8 22.7
Sweden 2.3 1.9 1.6 1.8 3.3 5.8 9.5 9.8 9.2
TOTAL OECD 7.3 6.7 6.2 6.1 6.8 7.5| 8.0| 7.9 7.5
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Memorandum item
European Union**10.2 9.6 8.7 8.1 8.5 9.4| 10.9 11.3 11.0
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* Up to and including 1992, data concern western Germany
** European Union: only countries shown -Germany, France, Italy, United
Kingdom, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and
Sweden- are included in the area total.
NOTE: These unemployment rates are based on the ILO/OECD Guidelines. The
unemployed are defined as persons of working age who are without work,
are available for work and are actively seeking employment; unemployment
is expressed as a percentage of total labour force including all members
of the armed forces. Break is marked by (|). The data above are averages
of quarterly or monthly figures. For a detailed description of the
sources and methods used, see STANDARDISED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, SOURCES
AND METHODS (OECD, 1985)
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source: OECD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK, No. 61, June 1997, OECD, 1997
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