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 Unemployment rate (Series 1998 - %) of active population with higher education completed
Characteristic Description
Name Unemployment rate (Series 1998 - %) of active population with higher education completed by Place of residence (NUTS - 2001); Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Statistics Portugal, Labour force survey
First available period 1998
Last available period 2010
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Place of residence (NUTS - 2001)
Concepts
  • TERTIARY EDUCATION:  Education level that comprises university and polytechnic education, for persons with a secondary or equivalent course and those aged 23 and over, who if not having the qualifications referred to, may apply through special examinations.
  • 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).
Definition Percentage relation between the unemployment population with higher education completed and the active population with higher education completed.
Measure unit (symbol) Percentage (%)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 22/05/2014


information presented in 31/10/2025