Unemployed persons, at Labor Force Survey concept, total for the economy

Unemployed persons are persons, aged 15 and over, who did not work at all during the reference period, but were actively searching for a job within four weeks, incl. the week of monitoring, and are available to start working in a short period of time. (Labor force survey, NSI)

LFS 2003, avp, num (thousand)

- Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
2010 341 342 327 382
2009 222 223 234 273
2008 229 207 185 178
2007 273 238 235 215
2006 315 309 310 288
2005 362 333 313 328
2004 429 406 373 391
2003 500 457 426 411