The high unemployment rate among women was a reflection of Latvia's overall unemployment rate, which stood at 10.6 per cent.

Unemployment gap between Jews and Palestinians in Israel Since 1996, the overall unemployment rate in Israel has been rising steadily.

Unemployment rate

At 13.0 per cent the unemployment rate of this age group is on the one hand lower than the overall unemployment rate in the new Länder but on the other hand, it is markedly higher than the relevant rate in the old Länder.

Labor markets have tightened significantly, with the overall unemployment rate down to 5.4 . The unemployment rate among those who have been unemployed for less than six months a key indicator of inflation pressure is down to 3.8 .

Unemployment rate was 10 .

(l) Unemployment rate ( )6

26. Low rate of activity and high unemployment rate.

Women s overall high unemployment rate, the particularly insecure situation of domestic workers and single mothers are also of concern to the Committee.

URBAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, BY SEX

Overall death rate

Women s overall high unemployment rate, the particularly insecure situation of domestic workers and of single mothers are also of concern to the Committee.

Youth unemployment rate (age 15 24) ____________

Table 5. Unemployment rate by sex

Table 6. Unemployment rate by age

The gains in employment were important, but were not enough to reduce Guam s overall unemployment rate, which was close to 9 per cent in 1997.10

The Unemployment Fund administers unemployment benefit, while the Ministry of Social Affairs has overall responsibility

Recent research also indicates that increases in demand that would cause a further reduction in the current unemployment rate would boost the inflation rate. An important study co authored by Alan Krueger of Princeton University, who served as Chairman of President Obama s Council of Economic Advisers until last year, showed that the inflation rate reflects the level of short term unemployment (lasting less than six months), rather than the overall unemployment rate.

What is the unemployment rate at the moment?

In 2001 and 2002 the unemployment rate dropped.

The problem of high youth unemployment is certainly not confined to the developing world, however. In the United States, the overall unemployment rate is around 9 , but among 18 25 year olds, it is a staggering 19 .

With an unemployment rate of 9.4 per cent in August 1995, however, women continued to be affected by unemployment slightly more strongly than men (unemployment rate of men 9.1 per cent).

Figure in bracket refers to seasonally adjusted unemployment rate.

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE BY SEX AND LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN

The rate of unemployment among men is very high.

The birth rate overall had stabilized, but the death rate continued to rise.

Women have a slightly higher unemployment rate (7.4 ) than men.

11.2 The Rate of Unemployment by Region, Area and Sex

Table 4. Unemployment rate by province (excluding North and East)

If the LFPR had remained at its pre recession high, the unemployment rate today would be nearly 12 . If it had stabilized when the unemployment rate peaked in October 2009, unemployment today would be over 9 .

The overall repayment rate was 98 per cent.

Labor market experts thus consider the unemployment rate a potentially misleading indicator, because a youth unemployment rate of 50 does not mean that half of the young population is unemployed. That is why one should look at the unemployment ratio the percentage of the unemployed in the reference population rather than at the unemployment rate.

With the broad definition of unemployment, the rate of unemployment in Namibia is estimated to be 34.5 in 2000.

The unemployment rate went up to 5 because of the recession.

The Commission is encouraged by the reduction of the unemployment rate.

Unemployment rate in Latvia at the end of the reporting period ( )

Allowance 100 per cent of the maximum rate of unemployment benefit.

Allowance 70 per cent of the maximum rate of unemployment benefit.

Only thanks to stubbornly persistent inflation has Italy s nominal GDP managed to remain constant. Overall unemployment has climbed to 12 , while the rate for youth not attending school has soared to 44 .

Heads of household. General unemployment rate and breakdown by sex 1993 1996

As a result, unemployment is averaging 10 this decade and has not been below 8 for 20 years. And, while the overall level of unemployment has remained stable albeit at a shockingly high level the unemployment rate among young men (in the 16 24 age group) jumped from 15.3 in 1990 to 21.4 in 2005.

According to the World Bank, while unemployment declined slightly in the West Bank at the end of 2004, the overall unemployment rate rose to 26.8 per cent, with unemployment in the Gaza Strip rising to an acute 36 per cent, owing in part to the sharp reduction in access to the Israeli labour market.

In 2000, the unemployment rate for young males aged 15 24 was 15.7 the rate for women was 16.8 .

The unemployment rate for women is estimated at 20.4 per cent, double the 10.7 per cent rate for men.

In those countries where the problem makes the biggest headlines (the eurozone s south, with Greece and Spain supposedly the worst cases), youth unemployment accounts for less than a quarter of overall unemployment. By contrast, youth unemployment contributes relatively much more (about 40 ) to overall unemployment in countries like Sweden and the UK.