Austria Unemployment Rate 1960-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast

Austria's unemployment rate decreased to 7.7 percent in April of 2018 from 8.6 percent in the same month of the previous year. It was the lowest jobless rate for an April month since 2013, as the number of unemployed persons fell by 29 thousand to 308.9 thousand. Among genders, the unemployed declined by 18.3 thousand to 167.7 thousand for men and by 10.8 thousand to 141.2 thousand for women. Also, the youth unemployment rate went down to 10.3 percent from 11.1 percent in April 2017. In March 2018, the jobless rate was higher at 8 percent. Unemployment Rate in Austria averaged 4.93 percent from 1960 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 10.90 percent in January of 2016 and a record low of 0.80 percent in August of 1974.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-03-01	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	9%	9.5%	9.1%
2018-04-03	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	8%	9.1%	8.4%
2018-05-02	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	7.7%	8%	8.2%
2018-06-01	07:00 AM	Unemployment Rate		7.7%	7.6%
2018-07-03	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			7.2%
2018-08-01	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			7.1%

Austria Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	7.70	8.00	10.90	0.80	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	3705.40	3662.10	3740.10	2302.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	308859.00	321903.00	424989.00	22344.00		[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.80	1.90	2.10	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.10	10.20	13.30	5.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	113.30	112.20	115.80	83.50	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	71013.00	65877.00	76714.00	11240.00		[+]
Wages	2646.00	2598.50	2646.00	1866.40	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	134.30	134.30	134.30	75.89	Index Points	[+]
Population	8.77	8.69	8.77	7.03	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	65.00	65.00	65.00	65.00		[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	61.40	61.80	62.10	57.30	percent	[+]
Living Wage Family	1660.00	1910.00	1960.00	1660.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	1010.00	1120.00	1150.00	1010.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Part Time Employment	1171.80	1147.30	1177.40	553.50	Thousand	[+]
Productivity	109.50	106.10	109.50	77.00	Index Points	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1630.00	1830.00	1840.00	1630.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	3580.00	3880.00	3880.00	3580.00	EUR/Month	[+]
Employment Change	0.60	0.40	0.80	-0.50	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	72.70	72.90	72.90	65.30	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	3042.90	3080.50	3093.00	2796.40	Thousand	[+]

Austria Unemployment Rate

In Austria, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides the latest reported value for - Austria Unemployment Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Austria Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	7.70	8.00	10.90	0.80	1960 - 2018	percent	Monthly	NSA

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Spain	16.74	Mar/18	16.55	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	13.10	Mar/18	12.6	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Italy	11.00	Mar/18	11	13.1	5.8	%	Monthly
Turkey	10.60	Feb/18	10.8	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
France	8.90	Dec/17	9.6	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.50	Mar/18	8.5	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Canada	5.80	Apr/18	5.8	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Australia	5.60	Apr/18	5.5	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.13	Mar/18	5.5	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Russia	5.00	Mar/18	5	14.1	4.8	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.20	Mar/18	4.2	12	3.4	%	Monthly
Netherlands	3.90	Apr/18	3.9	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
United States	3.90	Apr/18	4.1	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
China	3.89	Mar/18	3.9	4.3	3.89	%	Quarterly
South Korea	3.80	Apr/18	4	7.1	2.9	%	Monthly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Germany	3.40	Mar/18	3.5	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Mexico	2.90	Mar/18	3.2	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.70	Apr/18	2.9	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Japan	2.50	Mar/18	2.5	5.5	1	%	Monthly