If the economy is at potential, the unemployment rate equals the NAIRU or the natural rate of unemployment.

Unemployment has risen to a record 11.2 , with 35 of young people jobless.

In November 2008, before the annual winter rise, unemployment in the Stuttgart Region stood at 3.8 , 0.1 lower than the rate for Baden Württemberg, in February 2009 it was 4.7 .

In October 2011, unemployment rate was 17.4 .

The Commission is encouraged by the reduction of the unemployment rate.

In 2001 and 2002 the unemployment rate dropped.

11.2 The Rate of Unemployment by Region, Area and Sex

The Namibia Labour Survey also gives the rate of unemployment by various criteria.

According to the survey of the labour force carried out by the CSD in 2001, the largest number of the unemployed in 2001 was in the processing industry 166.4 thousand in trade 149.0 thousand in agriculture 143.0 thousand in education 87.0 thousand.

As of 2007, the city's unemployment rate is 9.4 .

In October 2011, unemployment rate stood at 17.4 .

Table 4 Unemployment rate, selected developed economies and regions, 2002 2004 (Percentage)

The unemployment rate was 2.8 per cent in 1991.

And unemployment hovers above 10 , with youth unemployment far higher, at roughly 25 .

This time, the unemployment rate and household and government debt are much higher.

As a result, the unemployment rate rose to 9.1 of the labor force.

The rate of unemployment, according to the same survey, is estimated at 34.5 per cent.

Labor market experts thus consider the unemployment rate a potentially misleading indicator, because a youth unemployment rate of 50 does not mean that half of the young population is unemployed. That is why one should look at the unemployment ratio the percentage of the unemployed in the reference population rather than at the unemployment rate.

The high unemployment rate among women was a reflection of Latvia's overall unemployment rate, which stood at 10.6 per cent.

Germany s unemployment rate this past summer was around 5.5 , and its youth unemployment rate was around 8 remarkably low compared with many other high income economies.

Youth unemployment in Spain, for example, is above 50 .

The unemployment rate, according to government statistics, was 1.5 in 2005.

Annual average number of the employed population (in thousands) The unemployment rate and its dynamics, as well as the unemployment rates among women, young people, the elderly and the disabled are characterised by the following data

The rate of unemployment in the West Bank is currently estimated at 30 per cent.

Among those in the 20 24 age group, the difference between the reported unemployment rate and the percentage of youth without a job and looking for one (the unemployment ratio) is less stark. But, even among this age group, one finds that the unemployment ratio is often about one half of the widely reported unemployment rate.

Second, it could absorb excess German savings by letting unemployment rise as local manufacturers fired workers (because rising unemployment forces down the savings rate).

Unemployment stands at about 12 in Italy, and 38 for the young.

Likewise, Spain s unemployment rate is above 25 (and 55 for young people).

Indeed, the official unemployment rate understates the weakness of the labor market.

The increase derived, usually, from the greater numbers of divorces and the higher rate of unemployment.

The Bedouin population has a high rate of unemployment and low socio economic state.

In 2006, France s unemployment rate was 9.4 , a full percentage point higher than Germany s.

Unemployment stood at 7.6 in October 2006, a rate that compared favourably to many other European countries, and especially with the early 1990s when it stood at over 20 .

The unemployment rate fell in fiscal year 2004 from 9.5 to 8.8 per cent.

The Committee notes with satisfaction the State party's efforts to reduce unemployment.

Youth unemployment rate (age 15 24) ____________

. The high rate of unemployment remains one of the major challenges facing South Africa.

77. According to the 1992 census, the unemployment rate in Anguilla was 6.3 per cent.

But California s unemployment rate, 12.3 in November 2009, was tied for the nation s third highest.

Krueger s analysis indicates that the rate of inflation begins to increase when the short term unemployment rate falls to 4 4.5 . With short term unemployment currently at 4.2 , the inflation rate is indeed rising, and Krueger s research suggests that it will increase further in the months ahead.

The unemployment rate for rural females is higher than for rural males and there is less unemployment among educated rural women owing to the linkage of women with traditional roles

Greece s youth unemployment rate now exceeds 60 , and Spain s is above 50 .

It is not long ago that job creation was negative and the unemployment rate stood at 10 .

By contrast, the US unemployment rate has almost doubled, now approaching 10 .

The rate of unemployment amongst Ethiopians is estimated at about 13.2 compared with 7.4 in the general Israeli population.