European Social Watch Report 2010
labour.pdf

Labour

Labour

Variable

Unemployment

Youth unemployment

Period

Hours worked

Indicator

Unemployment rate (%)

Unemployment change (previous year,
same period)

Unemployment rate (%)

Unemployment change (previous year,
same period)

Average weekly hours of work in manufacturing – ISCO8, employees (2009)

Albania

12.8

0.1

August 2009

Austria

5.8

1.2

12.1

2.8

January 2010

39.6

Belarus

0.9

0.0

January 2010

Belgium

8.2

0.5

22.6

2.8

January 2010

37.2

Bulgaria

8.7

2.6

21.4

7.8

January 2010

40.4

Croatia

11.9

2.7

31.0

5.3

January 2010

41.2

Cyprus

7.1

2.3

15.7a

7.4a

January 2010

39.1

Czech Republic

8.5

3.1

21.6

9.7

January 2010

40.2

Denmark

7.1

3.3

12.9

5.3

December 2009

37.7

Estonia

14.6

8.4

August 2009

38.9

Finland

9.2

1.6

25.7

5.9

February 2010

38.4

France

10.4

1.3

24.7

2.6

January 2010

36.0

Germany

7.9

0.5

10.3

1.3

January 2010

37.8

Greece

9.3

2.1

24.7

3.4

August 2009

41.4

Hungary

11.5

2.3

30.8

7.6

January 2010

40.2

Iceland

6.7

2.7

16.0

5.1

November 2009

42.7

Ireland

13.7

4.4

31.2

13.4

January 2010

37.3

Italy

9.3

1.4

29.9

3.0

January 2010

38.8

Latvia

23.2

10.6

42.9a

24.4a

January 2010

41.2

Lithuania

13.8

7.9

33.3

18.3

August 2009

40.3

Luxembourg

6.1

0.4

20.2

-3.9

January 2010

39.8

Macedonia

32.4

-1.1

November 2009

44.5

Malta

7.3

0.6

14.5

1.3

January 2010

39.8

Moldova

6.2

2.3

November 2009

Netherlands

4.4

1.2

8.1

1.3

February 2010

37.3

Norway

3.1

0.5

8.0

0.9

December 2009

37.8

Poland

9.5

1.5

24.2

5.3

January 2010

41.8

Portugal

10.7

2.0

22.5

2.7

January 2010

39.9

Romania

6.8

1.4

22.3

3.1

August 2009

41.9

Russian Federation

9.2

0.5

December 2009

Slovakia

13.8

4.0

33.2

12.7

January 2010

39.0

Slovenia

7.3

2.2

16.9a

6.0a

January 2010

39.2

Spain

19.5

3.1

39.7

6.5

January 2010

39.9

Sweden

9.3

1.3

26.8

2.0

February 2010

36.3

Switzerland

4.4

1.0

February 2010

39.6

Turkey

13.5

-0.5

24.1

-1.9

December 2009

54.2

Ukraine

9.1

2.9

June 2009

United Kingdom

7.5

1.2

18.4

2.8

December 2009

40.0

Source

ILO

ILO

ILO

Eurostat

Notes:

a: December 2009

b: 2008