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 Unemployment rate (Series 1998 - %)
Characteristic Description
Name Unemployment rate (Series 1998 - %) by Sex, Age group and Highest completed level of education; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey
First available period 1998
Last available period 2010
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (Portugal)
  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Highest completed level of education
Concepts
  • SEX:  Biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women.
  • UNEMPLOYMENT RATE:  This represents unemployed persons as a percentage of the civilian labour force.
  • EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:  The degrees, diplomas, certificates, professional titles and so forth that an individual has acquired by study.
  • AGE GROUP:  The age interval in years to which a person belongs at the time of reference.
  • LABOUR FORCE /ACTIVE POPULATION:  All persons aged 15 or over who, during the reference period, made up the available labour force for the production of economic goods and services (employed and unemployed).
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
Formule (Unemployed population/ Active population)*100
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 05/12/2016


information presented in 5/11/2025