Unemployment (1 000) - monthly data
methods, notes and classification
DATA_DESCR TheáUnemployment - LFS adjusted series (including also Harmonised long-term unemployment) is a collection of monthly, quarterly and annual series based on the quarterly results of the EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS), which are, where necessary, adjusted and enriched in various ways, in accordance with the specificities of an indicator. Harmonised unemployment is published in the section 'LFS main indicators', which is a collection of the main statistics on the labour market. However the harmonized unemployment indicators are calculated with special methods and periodicity which justify the present page. This page focuses on the particularities of the estimation of harmonised unemployment (including unemployment rates). Other information on 'LFS main indicators' can be found in the respective ESMS page, see link in section 21.2. General information on the EU-LFS can be found in the ESMS page for 'Employment and unemployment (LFS)'.ááDetailed informationáon the main features, the legal basis, the methodology and the data as well as on the historical development of the EU-LFS is available on the EU-LFS (Statistics Explained) webpage.
CLASS_SYSTEM See une_esms
STAT_CONC_DEF See une_esms
STAT_UNIT Persons
STAT_POP See une_esms
REF_AREA European Union, Euro area, EU Member States, Candidate Countries, Norway, USA and Japan. Data for Cyprus refer only to the areas of Cyprus controlled by the Government of the Republic of Cyprus. Data for France do not include the overseas departments (DOM). Data for USA and Japan are also disseminated.
BASE_PER Not applicable
UNIT_MEASURE Data are expressed in unemployment rates (see definition above in section 3.4) and thousands of persons.
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