Registered unemployed persons (national definition)
According to the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS), around 251 000 people were recorded as registered unemployed in 2010 (yearly average), 145 000 of whom were men and 106 000 were women. The national unemployment rate was 6.9%: 6.2% among women and 7.5% among men. At 9.6%, the unemployment rate among non-Austrian citizens was significantly higher than the average.
An analysis of the trend in unemployment since 1995 reveals a breakdown into four phases. An extremely sharp rise from 1995 to 1996 from 216 000 to 231 000 unemployed was followed by two years with lesser increases. The labour market rallied from 1999 to 2001. The year 2000 saw the lowest number of unemployed persons (194 000) since 1995. From 2001 to 2002, there was a rise of around 30 000, resulting in a 2002 annual average of 232 000 unemployed. Leading up to 2005, the number of unemployed rose less steeply and amounted to 253 000 unemployed in the year 2005. From 2006 to 2008 there was a significant decrease in unemployment. Affected by the economic crisis the number of unemployed persons rose strongly in the year 2009, reaching its highest value, 260 000, in that year. In 2010 the number decreased to 251 000. An examination of the period as a whole reveals an identical trend among women and men.
The unemployment rate developed similarly to the number of unemployed. The lowest rate was 5.8%, which was recorded in 2000, as was the lowest number of unemployed persons; the highest rate, in 2005, was 7.3%. Rates almost equally as high were also recorded in the years 1996 to 1998 (7.0 to 7.2%) and 2002 to 2004 (6.9 to 7.1%). From 2006 to 2008 the unemployment rate decreased (6.8% to 5.8%). In the year 2009 the unemployment rate rose to 7.2% and decreased in 2010 to 6.9%. From 1995 to 2000, the unemployment rate among women was higher than that among men, and vice versa from 2001 to 2010. Men and women experienced parallel rises and falls. During the reported period, the unemployment rate among non-Austrian citizens was significantly higher than the average value.
If the trend in the unemployment figures compiled by AMS is compared with that in the figures obtained from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) from 1995 onwards, the same tendencies are apparent. This applies to both the total number of unemployed and men and women. The number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate as reported by AMS are higher than the LFS figures. This is particularly the case in the first and fourth quarters, i.e. in months during which there is high seasonal unemployment among men. With respect to the unemployment rate, in 2001 and from 2004 to 2008, there were differences between the two data sources relating to the degree to which men and women were affected by unemployment. In these years, the unemployment rate was higher among women according to the LFS and higher among men according to AMS.
Note: 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 offices and the number of employees recorded by the Main Association of Austrian Social Insurance Institutions. 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 on employment and unemployment.
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