Unemployment, underemployment and total underutilization rates of the labour force
July of each year
 
 

 

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

 

 Unemployment rate

6.60

6.00

4.60

4.91

7.80

 

 Visible underemployment rate

5.50

5.20

4.50

3.80

4.90

 

 Invisible underemployment rate

2.90

3.80

2.90

3.00

2.90

 

 Total underemployment rate

8.40

9.00

7.40

6.80

7.80

 

 Total underutilization rate

15.00

15.00

12.00

11.70

15.60

 
Notes:
n1/ Beginning on 2000, when the results of the population census were available, the INEC applied several methodological changes that make the data from the year 2000 onwards not comparable in absolute values with the data from previous years.
n2/ Beginning on 2010, with the application of the National Household Survey (ENAHO), which replaces the Multi-Purpose Household Survey (EHPM), a series of methodological changes were made that imply that as of this year, the absolute values are not comparable with data from previous years. One of the main changes is that the working-age population is now measured as people aged 15 years and over, when previously it was defined as the population aged 12 and over
n3/ Source: National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC).

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