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

The unemployment rate in Austria fell to 6.8 percent in June of 2018 from 7.6 percent in the same month of the previous year. It was the lowest jobless rate since July of 2013, as the number of unemployed persons fell by 29.3 thousand to 274.7 thousand. Among genders, the unemployment declined by 18.1 thousand to 146.4 thousand for men and by 11.2 thousand to 128.3 thousand for women. Also, the youth unemployment rate went down to 10 percent from 10.7 percent in June of 2017. In May 2018, the jobless rate was higher at 7.1 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
2018-05-02	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	7.7%	8%	8.2%
2018-06-01	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	7.1%	7.7%	7.6%
2018-07-02	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	6.8%	7.1%	7.2%
2018-08-01	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate		6.8%	7.1%
2018-09-03	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			7.2%
2018-10-02	07:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			7.4%

Austria Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.80	7.10	10.90	0.80	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	3737.00	3700.70	3740.10	2302.70	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	274667.00	286147.00	424989.00	22344.00		[+]
Long Term Unemployment Rate	1.70	1.80	2.10	0.90	percent	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	10.20	9.90	13.40	5.00	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	113.30	112.20	115.80	83.50	Index Points	[+]
Job Vacancies	79114.00	75568.00	79114.00	11240.00		[+]
Wages	2646.00	2598.50	2646.00	1866.40	EUR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	135.70	135.30	135.70	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	104.20	109.50	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	0.60	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 July of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	6.80	7.10	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	12.70	May/18	12.9	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Italy	10.70	May/18	11	13.1	5.8	%	Monthly
Turkey	9.60	Apr/18	10.1	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
France	9.20	Mar/18	9	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.40	May/18	8.4	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Canada	6.00	Jun/18	5.8	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Australia	5.40	May/18	5.6	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.13	Mar/18	5.5	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Russia	4.70	May/18	4.9	14.1	4.7	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.20	May/18	4.2	12	3.4	%	Monthly
United States	4.00	Jun/18	3.8	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
Netherlands	3.90	May/18	3.9	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
China	3.89	Mar/18	3.9	4.3	3.89	%	Quarterly
South Korea	3.70	Jun/18	4	7.1	2.9	%	Monthly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Germany	3.40	May/18	3.4	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Mexico	3.20	May/18	3.4	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.40	Jun/18	2.4	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Japan	2.20	May/18	2.5	5.5	1	%	Monthly