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Unemployed, job seekers not in employment

In the 3rd quarter of 2011, the number of unemployed as defined by the ILO definition was 160 700. During the same quarter, 215 700 persons were registered as unemployed by the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS). Compared with the same quarter of 2010 the number of unemployed according to ILO definition decreased by 30 300, the number of unemployed registered by the AMS had an increase by 1 000 persons. The number of inactive persons who were searching for work in a broader sense, but did not match all criteria for ILO unemployment experienced a decrease. With a total number of 180 900 inactive persons seeking a job in the third quarter 2011 there was a decrease of 4 400 compared to the previous year.

With 78 100 women and 82 600 men the number of male unemployed decreased by 24 800 in comparison to the third quarter 2010, for women the number decreased only slightly. Compared with the second quarter 2011 the number of unemployed persons decreased, also the situation for the youth, who are looking for their first job improved. Compared to the third quarter 2010 the number of unemployed young persons decreased by 11 100. The number of long-term unemployed with a duration of unemployment one year or longer was 39 500 and decreased in comparison to 2010. Their proportion out of all unemployed persons in the third quarter of 2011, at 24.6%, was higher than the level in the same quarter of 2010 (24.0%).

The unemployment rate defined by ILO definition was 3.7% in the third quarter of 2011 that is 0.7 percentage points less than in the same quarter of 2010. The national unemployment rate decreased from 5.9% in the third quarter of 2010 to 5.8% in the current quarter. As regards ILO unemployment, the unemployment rate for women decreased by 0.3 percentage points to 3.9% and decreased for men by 1.1 percentage points to 3.5%. Persons aged 15 to 24, persons with compulsory education as highest level of education achieved and persons with foreign citizenship continue to be most affected by unemployment. The long-term unemployment rate was 0.9% (same quarter 2010: 1.1%).

Note: The number of unemployed and employed persons extracted from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) complies with the Labour Force Concept, which is based on the ILO definition. In addition to unemployed persons as per the ILO definition, the LFS includes all persons seeking a job in some manner in a specific period. The national definition for the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate published by the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) are based on the unemployed persons registered at AMS and the number of employees recorded by the Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions.

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