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Employment and earnings, unemployment
Emploi et gains, chômage
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Unemployment
Number (thousands) and as percentage of labour force [cont.]
Chômage
Nombre (en milliers) et en pourcentage de la population active [suite]
Country or area 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008
Apr-avril May-mai June-juin July-juil Aug-août Sept-sept Oct-oct
1, 18
Occupied Palest. Territory
Labour force survey ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Labour force survey % ... 23.5 23.5 ... ... 26.0 ♦ 25.8 ♦ 27.5
Peru 7, 8
Labour force survey ... ... ... ... 370.8 367.2 402.2 361.5 351.5 362.4 372.7 374.9 345.8
Labour force survey % ... ... ... ... 8.5 8.3 9.0 8.1 7.9 8.1 8.4 8.5 7.9
1, 19
Philippines
Labour force survey 3936.0 4249.0 # 3068.3 2829.0 2653.0 2716.0 2914.0 . . 2749.0 . . 2525.0
Labour force survey % 11.4 11.8 # 8.7 8.0 7.3 7.4 8.0 . . 7.4 . . 6.8
Poland 1
Labour force survey 3328.5 3230.3 3045.3 2344.3 1618.8 1210.7 ♦ 1196.1 ♦ 1132.4
Labour force survey % 19.7 19.0 17.8 13.9 9.6 7.1 ♦ 7.1 ♦ 6.6
Employment office records 3179.8 3090.6 2871.3 2537.2 1963.0 1525.8 1605.7 1525.6 1455.3 1422.9 1404.4 1376.6 1352.2
Employment office records % 19.9 19.6 18.2 16.2 12.8 9.9 10.5 10.0 9.6 9.4 9.1 8.9 8.8
Portugal
Labour force survey 1 345.0 365.0 422.3 427.8 448.6 427.1 ♦ 409.9 ♦ 433.7
Labour force survey % 1 6.4 6.7 7.6 7.7 8.0 7.6 ♦ 7.3 ♦ 7.7
Employment office records 427.3 461.0 477.2 456.1 410.3 394.5 386.3 383.4 382.5 381.8 389.9 395.2 400.8
Puerto Rico 11
Labour force survey 167.0 149.0 159.9 146.0 152.4 157.7 131.8 156.1 162.9 168.1 171.9 162.9 171.9
Labour force survey % 12.0 10.6 11.3 10.4 10.9 11.6 9.7 11.4 11.8 12.3 12.6 12.0 12.7
Republic of Moldova 1
Labour force survey 117.0 116.0 116.5 ... 66.6 51.8 ♦ 42.6 ♦ 48.7
Labour force survey % 7.9 8.1 8.1 ... 5.1 4.0 ♦ 3.0 ♦ 3.6
Romania
Labour force survey 1 691.8 799.5 704.5 728.4 640.9 575.6 ♦ 566.4 ♦ 551.0
Labour force survey % 1 7.0 8.0 7.1 7.3 6.4 5.8 ♦ 5.6 ♦ 5.4
Employment office records 689.5 607.2 513.7 484.7 386.7 362.4 352.5 338.3 337.1 340.5 345.5 352.9 364.2
Employment office records % 7.6 6.8 5.8 5.4 4.3 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0
Russian Federation
Labour force survey 20 5948.0 5775.2 5600.3 5331.8 4606.1 4804.4 4500.0 4097.0 4222.0 4347.0 4472.0 4744.0 5016.0
Labour force survey % 20 8.3 8.1 7.6 7.2 6.1 6.2 6.0 5.4 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.3 6.1
Employment office records 1600.0 1674.5 1851.8 1771.0 1559.9 ... 1478.0 1397.0 1332.0 1317.0 1294.0 1247.0 1245.0
Serbia 21
Employment office records ... 945.0 991.7 1005.5 928.3 819.5 851.8 835.9 819.3 807.5 796.3 790.0 781.3
Singapore
Labour force survey 1 ... ... ... 67.6 56.7 62.9 . . 76.2 . . 56.0 .
Labour force survey % 1 ... ... ... 3.6 3.0 3.2 . . 4.0 . . 2.8 .
Employment office records % 8 16.1 9.8 5.1 5.2 4.8 5.7 5.0 5.1 4.9 4.6
Slovakia
Labour force survey 1, 22 459.2 480.7 427.5 355.4 295.7 255.7 ♦ 268.3 ♦ 241.5
Labour force survey % 1, 22 17.4 18.1 16.2 13.4 11.2 9.5 ♦ 10.0 ♦ 8.9
Employment office records 443.4 409.1 340.4 299.2 250.9 229.8 222.3 222.9 224.8 222.3 228.7 228.2 235.2
Employment office records % 15.2 14.3 11.7 10.4 8.4 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.5
Slovenia
Labour force survey 1 65.0 64.0 67.0 60.8 49.9 45.5 ♦ 42.6 ♦ 43.3
Labour force survey % 1 6.7 6.3 6.5 6.0 4.8 4.4 ♦ 4.1 ♦ 4.1
Employment office records 97.7 92.8 91.9 80.0 71.3 63.2 62.4 61.2 60.7 61.6 60.7 59.3 62.6
Employment office records % 11.2 10.6 10.1 9.4 7.7 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.5 6.5 6.3 6.6
South Africa 23
Labour force survey 4775.0 4275.0 4385.0 4333.0 4140.5 4075.0 ♦ 4114.0 ♦ 4122.0
Labour force survey % 29.6 27.1 26.6 25.6 24.3 22.9 ♦ 23.1 ♦ 23.2
Spain
Labour force survey 11 2127.4 2073.8 1913.4 1837.1 1833.9 2590.6 ♦ 2381.5 ♦ 2598.8
Labour force survey % 11 11.3 10.8 9.2 8.5 8.3 11.3 ♦ 10.4 ♦ 11.3
Employment office records 15 1657.6 # 2113.7 2069.8 2039.6 2038.9 2539.9 2339.0 2354.0 2390.0 2427.0 2530.0 2625.0 2818.0
Sri Lanka 5
Labour force survey 624.9 667.3 623.3 493.4 447.0 394.0 ♦ 399.7 ♦ 395.8
Labour force survey % 8.3 8.3 7.7 6.5 6.0 5.2 ♦ 5.3 ♦ 5.2
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