OVERSEAS COMPARISONS
STANDARDISED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, (from Table 10.12) Seasonally adjusted
Unemployment rate(a) |
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| Period | United States | Japan | Germany(b) | France | Italy | United Kingdom | Canada | OECD Major 7(c) | Australia | New Zealand | |
ANNUAL AVERAGE (PER CENT) | |
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| 2005-06 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.0 | nya | |
| 2006-07 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | nya | |
| 2007-08 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.2 | nya | |
Monthly (per cent) | |
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| 2007-2008 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| September | 4.7 | 4.1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | |
| October | 4.8 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.3 | na | |
| November | 4.7 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 6.3 | 5.0 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.4 | na | |
| December | 5.0 | 3.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | |
| January | 4.9 | 3.8 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.1 | na | |
| February | 4.8 | 3.9 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 3.9 | na | |
| March | 5.1 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.1 | 3.7 | |
| April | 5.0 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 | na | |
| May | 5.5 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 4.3 | na | |
| June | 5.5 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | |
| 2008-2009 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| July | 5.7 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 7.9 | nya | 5.6 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.3 | na | |
| August | 6.1 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 8.1 | nya | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 4.1 | na | |
| September | 6.1 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 8.0 | nya | nya | 6.1 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | |
| October | 6.5 | 3.7 | 7.1 | 8.2 | nya | nya | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.3 | na | |
| November | nya | nya | nya | nya | nya | nya | nya | nya | nya | na | |
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| na not available |
| nya not yet available |
| (a) All series are OECD standardised unemployment rate. |
| (b) This series has been revised due to incorporation of the results of the new continuous European Union Labour Force Survey for Germany. |
| (c) The OECD Major 7 consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. |
| Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD |
