Unemployed persons (ILO definition)
In the third quarter of 2011, 161 000 persons were unemployed according to the Austrian Labour Force
Survey (also known as micro census) which uses the ILO definition,
the unemployment rate was 3.7%. These figures and the rate were below
the third quarter of last year
An analysis of the trend in unemployment since 1995 (yearly averages) reveals several phases.
A rather sharp rise from 1995 to 1996 from 140 000 to 155 000 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 (134 000) since 1995.
From 2001 to 2003, the number rose each year, by 19 000 and 13 000 respectively;
the 2003 annual average was 170 000 unemployed. A further rise of 25 000
unemployed persons from 2003 to 2004 cannot be attributed in its entirety
to the labour market situation. Between these years, there was a fundamental
change in the survey method, the effects of which cannot be exactly
quantified. A rise in unemployment is, however, also confirmed by the
increase of 0.6 percentage points in the unemployment rate. Owing to
an increase of 13 000 unemployed persons from 2004 to 2005, the number of unemployed
reached its highest value in 2005 at 208 000. The labour market
subsequently recovered, with the number of unemployed falling to 196 000
in 2006, to 186 000 in 2007 and to 162 000 in 2008. The year 2009 was characterized by an increase
The unemployment rate developed similarly to the number of unemployed. The lowest rate was 3.5%, which was recorded in 2000, as was the lowest number of unemployed persons; the highest rate, in 2005, was 5.2%. In 2010 the unemployment rate was 4.4%. In the last two years, the unemployment rate among women was below that of men. In the years before, it had almost always been higher than the unemployment rate of men. Men and women experienced parallel rises and falls during recent years. The 2010 annual average unemployment rate among women was 4.2%, that among men 4.6%. From 1995 to 2003, the unemployment rate among non-Austrian citizens was roughly twice as high as that among Austrian citizens, with the disparity even more significant from 2004 onwards.
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 of employment and unemployment.
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