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Table 5: Unemployment by social profile (annual average figures)
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Total 233,300 237,800 221,700 194,300 203,900 232,400
up to 18 years 5,000 4,600 4,200 3,900 4,200 4,600
19-24 years 33,000 31,900 27,700 24,000 26,700 32,000
25-29 years 34,600 33,100 28,600 23,900 24,600 27,000
30-39 years 67,600 68,900 64,300 56,800 59,800 66,800
40-44 years 26,500 27,300 25,400 22,700 25,100 29,600
45-49 years 22,600 22,300 20,800 19,400 20,500 24,100
50-54 years 26,900 28,800 27,600 23,800 23,500 25,100
55-59 years 16,300 19,800 21,600 18,100 16,400 19,300
60 yrs and over 900 1,200 1,500 1,700 2,900 4,000
Women 104,800 108,400 100,200 86,800 88,600 98,000
up to 18 years 2,800 2,600 2,200 2,000 2,100 2,300
19-24 years 15,000 15,000 12,700 10,800 11,600 13,200
25-29 years 16,900 16,700 14,500 11,800 11,500 11,900
30-39 years 32,200 33,700 31,700 27,500 27,900 30,000
40-44 years 11,800 12,200 11,400 10,200 10,900 12,600
45-49 years 9,700 9,800 9,200 8,400 8,700 10,000
50-54 years 13,200 14,400 14,000 11,800 10,800 10,900
55-59 years 3,000 3,800 4,300 3,900 4,600 6,700
60 yrs and over 300 300 300 400 400 400
Men 128,600 129,400 121,500 107,500 115,300 134,400
up to 18 years 2,100 2,000 1,900 1,900 2,100 2,300
19-24 years 18,000 16,900 15,000 13,200 15,100 18,800
25-29 years 17,700 16,400 14,200 12,100 13,100 15,100
30-39 years 35,400 35,200 32,700 29,300 31,900 36,700
40-44 years 14,800 15,100 14,000 12,600 14,300 17,000
45-49 years 12,900 12,500 11,700 11,000 11,800 14,100
50-54 years 13,700 14,400 13,600 12,000 12,700 14,200
55-59 years 13,300 16,000 17,300 14,200 11,800 12,600
60 yrs and over 600 900 1,200 1,400 2,500 3,600
The labour market definition of “unemployed” refers to those marked down for unemployment with the Labour Market Service.
Raw data: Austrian Labour Market Service
Source of data: Synthesis-Erwerb
52 Spring 2003 | European Employment Observatory Review