title	Unemployment rates, SA, EA-18
region	Euro area 18 (fixed composition) as of 1 January 2014
unit	Percent
unit mult (smallest available)	1
comment	Unemployment rates represent unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force. The labour force is the total number of people employed and unemployed. Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74 who were: a. without work during the reference week, b. currently available for work, c. actively seeking work, i.e. had taken specific steps in the four weeks period ending with the reference week to seek paid employment or self-employment or who found a job to start later, i.e. within a period of at most three months.
classification	International Labour Organization
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frequency	month
data available from	1998 - 2016 Jan. 98 - Jan. 15 (The indicated data availability refers to the longest available time series irrespective of its duration.)
last update	2015-03-02 15:05:40
Source	Eurostat
lag	5 week(s)
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