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

The unemployment rate in Austria dropped to 7 percent in August of 2018 from 7.7 percent in the same month of the previous year, as the number of unemployed persons declined by 23.3 thousand to 288.2 thousand. Among genders, the unemployment fell by 14.9 thousand to 149 thousand for men and by 8.4 thousand to 139 thousand for women. Also, the youth unemployment rate went down to 11 percent from 11.6 percent in August of 2017. In July 2018, the jobless rate was lower at 6.9 percent. Unemployment Rate in Austria averaged 4.94 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
2018-07-02	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	6.8%	7.1%	7.2%
2018-08-01	07:15 AM	Unemployment Rate	6.9%	6.8%	6.7%
2018-09-03	07:20 AM	Unemployment Rate	7%	6.9%	7.1%
2018-10-01	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate		7%	7%
2018-11-02	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			7.3%
2018-12-03	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			7.4%

Austria Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	7.00	6.90	10.90	0.80	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	3811.60	3827.90	3827.90	2302.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	288186.00	282583.00	424989.00	22344.00		[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.70	1.80	2.10	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	9.40	10.00	13.40	5.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	118.70	113.30	118.70	83.50	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	79354.00	79099.00	79354.00	11240.00		[+]
Wages	2646.00	2598.50	2646.00	1866.40	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	135.80	135.80	135.80	75.89	Index Points	[+]
Population	8.82	8.77	8.82	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	60.80	61.40	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	1184.60	1171.80	1184.60	553.50	Thousand	[+]
Productivity	105.80	104.20	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	0.50	0.50	0.70	-0.50	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	72.00	72.70	72.90	65.30	percent	[+]
Full Time Employment	2991.20	3042.90	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 September of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	7.00	6.90	10.90	0.80	1960 - 2018	percent	Monthly	NSA

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