The provisional unemployment rate estimate for January 2016 was 12.2%, remaining unchanged from the definitive estimate for December 2015.
The provisional unemployed population estimate for January 2016 was 619.5 thousand people, down 0.2% from the definitive estimate for December 2015 (less 1.1 thousand people). The provisional employed population estimate was 4,477.6 thousand people, down 0.1% from the previous month level (less 4.4 thousand people).
In these estimates, it was considered the population aged 15 to 74 and the values were seasonally adjusted.