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In 2015, the long-term unemployment rate stood at 3.9% and was by 0.9 percentage points lower than in 2014.

Unemployment rate, 2009–2015

In 2015, there were 134 thousand unemployed persons, which is by 24.1 thousand (15.2%) less than in 2014.

The number of the long-term unemployed totalled 57.5 thousand (42.9% of the total number of the unemployed), which is by 13.2 thousand (18.7%) less than in 2014.

Over the year, the employment rate of persons aged 15–64 increased by 1.5 percentage points

In 2015, 1 million 335 thousand persons were working, which is by 15.9 thousand (1.2%) more than in 2014.

Table 1. Unemployment rate, %

In 2015, the employment rate of persons aged 15–64 stood at 67.2%; over the year, it increased by 1.5 percentage points. The male employment rate in the said age group stood at 68, the female one – at 66.5%, and, over the year, increased by 1.5 and 1.6 percentage points respectively.

In 2015, the employment rate of persons aged 55–64 stood at 60.4%. Over the year, it increased by 4.2 percentage points.

In 2015, there were 1 million 15 thousand economically inactive persons aged 15 and older, i.e. by 14.7 thousand (1.4%) less than in 2014.

Over the year, the youth unemployment rate decreased by 3 percentage points

In 2015, the youth (aged 15–24) unemployment rate stood at 16.3%. Over the year, it decreased by 3 percentage points.

In 2015, 20.4 thousand persons aged 15–24 were unemployed, which is by 5 thousand (19.9%) less than in 2014.

In 2015, 104.6 thousand persons aged 15–24 were working, which is by 2 thousand (1.9%) less than in 2014.

In 2015, the youth employment rate stood at 28.3%; over the year, it increased by 0.7 percentage points.

In 2015, 245 thousand (66.2%) persons aged 15–24 were economically inactive; out of them, 92.3% were studying at general, vocational schools, schools of higher education (colleges, universities). 

In IV quarter 2015, the unemployment rate stood at 8.8%

In IV quarter 2015, the unemployment rate in the country stood at 8.8%, which is by 0.5 percentage points more than in III quarter 2015. The male unemployment rate stood at 9.5, the female one – at 8.2%.

In IV quarter 2015, against III quarter, the youth (persons aged 15–24) unemployment rate decreased by 2 percentage points and stood at 13.3%.

Table 2. The unemployed, Thousand

In IV quarter 2015, there were 129.5 thousand unemployed persons in the country, i.e. by 7 thousand more than in III quarter. In IV quarter 2015, the number of the long-term unemployed decreased by 2 thousand and amounted to 51.7 thousand. There were 16.9 thousand unemployed persons aged 15–24, i.e. by 2.1 thousand less than in III quarter.

In IV quarter 2015, there were 1 million 339 thousand persons working in the country; against III quarter, this figure dropped by 8.9 thousand.

In IV quarter 2015, the employment rate of persons aged 15–64 stood at 67.9%; over the quarter, it decreased by 0.1 percentage points. The male employment rate stood at 68.8, the female one – at 67.1%.

In IV quarter 2015, the youth (aged 15–24) employment rate stood at 30.3%; over the quarter, it increased by 1.7 percentage points.

Table 3. The unemployed by duration of unemployment, Thousand

Table 4. Economic activity of the population aged 15 and older, Thousand

Table 5. Employment rate, %

Concepts

Unemployed person refers to a non-working person of an established age (15–74 years) who has been actively seeking for a job (during the last four weeks) and is ready to start working in a certain period (two weeks).

Labour force refers to the total employed persons and the unemployed.

Long-term unemployed person refers to an unemployed person who has been seeking for a job for one year or longer.

Long-term unemployment rate refers to an indicator expressed as a ratio of the long-term unemployed to the labour force.

Inactive population refers to persons who are neither working nor seeking for a job and who can be categorised as neither employed nor unemployed.

Unemployment rate refers to an indicator expressed as a ratio of the unemployed to the labour force.

Employed persons refer to persons aged 15 and older doing any kind of work for which they are remunerated in cash or in kind or have income or profit.

Employment rate refers to an indicator expressed as a ratio of employed persons of a selected age group to the total population of the same age.

The statistical information has been prepared based on the Labour Force Survey data. The survey is carried out in all EU Member States, using the same concepts and classifications, following the recommendations of the International Labour Organization, which makes its results comparable across the countries.

The survey has been carried using a sampling method. Over IV quarter 2015, 12.4 thousand persons aged 15 and older (0.5% of the population of the same age) were interviewed; the results were recalculated for the total population.

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