Certain figures in particular but not only for 2009 for a number of countries and indicators may still be based on forecasts and bound to change as real data becomes available.
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Total population in 1000s, excluding population living in institutional households (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS. Note: Population living in institutional households is not covered. For Iceland, the LFS covers only the population from 16 to 74 years of age.) |
2. |
Total population aged 15–64 (the ‘working age population’) in 1000s (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
3. |
Total employment in 1000s (Source: Eurostat, ESA95 National Accounts) |
4. |
Population in employment aged 15–64 in 1000s (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
5-9. |
Employment rates: calculated by the number of employed divided by the population in the corresponding age bracket (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
10. |
Full-time equivalent employment rate: calculated by dividing the full-time equivalent employment by the total population in the 15–64 age group. Full-time equivalent employment is defined as total hours worked on both main and second job divided by the average annual number of hours worked in full-time jobs (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS). |
11. |
Self-employed in total employment: number of self-employed as a share of total employment (Source: Eurostat, ESA95 National Accounts) |
12. |
Part-time employment in total employment: number of parttime employed as a share of total employment (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
13. |
Fixed-term contracts in total employees: number of employees with contracts of limited duration as a share of total employees (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
14. |
Employment in services: employed in services (NACE Rev. 1.1 sections G-O) as a share of total employment (Source: Eurostat, ESA95 National Accounts) |
15. |
Employment in industry: employed in industry, including construction (NACE Rev. 1.1 sections C-F) as a share of total employment (Source: Eurostat, ESA95 National Accounts) |
16. |
Employment in agriculture: employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing (NACE Rev. 1.1 sections A+B) as a share of total employment (Source: Eurostat, ESA95 National Accounts) |
17-20. |
Activity rates: labour force (employed and unemployed) as a share of total population in the corresponding age bracket (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
21. |
Total unemployment in 1000s (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
22-23. |
Unemployment rates: unemployed as a share of the labour force (employed and unemployed persons) in the corresponding age bracket (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
24. |
Long-term unemployment rate: persons unemployed for a duration of 12 months or more as a share of the labour force (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS) |
25. |
Youth unemployment ratio: young unemployed (aged 15–24) as a share of the total population in the same age bracket (Source: Eurostat, EU LFS). |