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These figures gave an official UK unemployment rate of 4.7%. [8] UK unemployment rates consistent with this definition are available from 1971. Considering this consistent time series, the highest unemployment rate recorded since 1971 was 11.9% in 1984 and the lowest was 3.4% in late 1973/early 1974. [9]
Unemployment rate Employment rate ... 2015 Andorra: 3.7% - 2016 Armenia: 16.6% 50.1% (2017) [3] - Austria: 4.6% [4] 77.2% (2023) [5] May 2023 ... United Kingdom: 4.9% ...
Unemployment rate (2021) [1] This is a list of countries by unemployment rate.Methods of calculation and presentation of unemployment rate vary from country to country. Some countries count insured unemployed only, some count those in receipt of welfare benefit only, some count the disabled and other permanently unemployable people, some countries count those who choose (and are financially ...
This is a list of OECD countries by long-term unemployment rate published by the OECD. This indicator refers to the number of persons who have been unemployed for one year or more as a percentage of the labour force (the sum of employed and unemployed persons).
This is a list of countries by employment rate, the proportion of employed adults at working age. The definition of "working age" varies: Many sources, including the OECD, use 15–64 years old, [1] but EUROSTAT uses 20–64 years old, [2] the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics uses 16 years old and older (no cut-off at 65 and up), [3] and the Office for National Statistics of the United ...
The United Kingdom is a developed country with social welfare infrastructure, thus discussions surrounding poverty tend to use a relatively high minimum income compared to developing countries. Eurostat figures show that the numbers of Britons at risk of poverty has fallen to 15.9% in 2014, down from 17.1% in 2010 and 19% in 2005 (after social ...
A. W. Phillips, ‘The Relation between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wage Rates in the United Kingdom 1861–1957’ (1958) 25 Economica 283 Qin, Duo (2011). "The Phillips Curve from the Perspective of the History of Econometrics".
Figures show the rate of UK unemployment rose to 4.2% between December 2023 and March 2024, its highest level for six months. [ 334 ] EasyJet cancels all flights to and from Tel Aviv for the whole of the summer, citing safety concerns following Iran 's drone and missile attack on Israel.