Variable: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national est.)

QoG Code: (wdi_unempne)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment. Definitions of labor force and unemployment differ by country. Total.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-01-23
Last updated by source: 2023-01-22


Categories:

Labour Market


Find this variable in:

OECD Cross-section - 2024 OECD Time-series - 2024 Standard Cross-section - 2024 Standard Time-series - 2024 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section: 159
Standard time-series: 190
OECD cross-section: 38
OECD time-series: 39


This variable has information for these countries:

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This variable has information from the year 1960 to the year 2022