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Austria Unemployment Rate
Last Release
Dec 31, 2024
Actual
8.3
Units In
%
Previous
7.1
Frequency
Monthly
Next Release
Jan 31, 2025
Time to Release
27 Days 8 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
12.8 Apr 2020 | 0.8 Aug 1974 | 5.19 % | 1960-2024 | Public Employment Service Austria (AMS) |
In Austria, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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The unemployment rate in Austria climbed to 8.3% in December 2024, up from 7.8% in the corresponding month of the previous year. This marked the highest jobless rate since April 2021, as the number of registered unemployed increased by 23.5 thousand from a year earlier to an over three and a half-year high of 352.9 thousand. Compared to the previous period, unemployed persons went up by 48.5 thousand.
Austria Unemployment Rate History
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