Definition: Unemployed persons

Category: Regional statistics

Unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15-74 who were (all three conditions must be fulfilled simultaneously):

1. without work during the reference week;

2. available for work at the time (i.e. were available for paid employment or selfemployment before the end of the two weeks following the reference week);

3. actively seeking work (i.e. had taken specific steps in the four-week period ending with the reference week to seek paid employment or self-employment) or who found a job to start within a period of at most three months. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/KS-BD-05-001-EN.pdf