The unemployment rate estimate for February 2015 was 14.1%. This value is up 0.3 percentage points from the one estimated for January 2015.
The unemployed population was estimated to be 719.6 thousand people, up 1.7% from January 2015 (more 11.7 thousand). The employed population was estimated to be 4,399.9 thousand people, decreasing 0.3% (less 11.1 thousand) from the previous month.
For these estimates, it was considered the population aged 15 to 74 and the values were seasonally adjusted.