LABOUR FORCE
Employment index(a) |
|
Period | United
States | Japan | Germany | France | Italy | United
King-
dom | Canada | OECD
Major 7(b) | Australia | New
Zealand |
Annual (2005 = 100.0) |
|
2005-06 | 101.0 | 100.2 | 100.8 | 100.1 | 101.0 | 100.4 | 101.0 | 100.7 | 101.1 | 101.4 |
2006-07 | 102.7 | 100.8 | 103.0 | 101.5 | 102.2 | 101.1 | 103.1 | 102.1 | 104.1 | 102.9 |
2007-08 | 103.1 | 100.8 | 105.1 | 103.3 | 103.7 | 102.3 | 105.4 | 103.0 | 106.8 | 104.1 |
Quarterly (2005 = 100.0) |
|
2006-2007 | | | | | | | | | | |
| March | 102.1 | 99.3 | 102.3 | 101.5 | 101.3 | 100.7 | 101.7 | 101.3 | 103.8 | 103.4 |
| June | 103.0 | 101.9 | 103.8 | 102.2 | 103.4 | 101.1 | 104.6 | 102.8 | 105.2 | 103.6 |
2007-2008 | | | | | | | | | | |
| September | 103.5 | 101.4 | 105.3 | 102.7 | 103.9 | 102.0 | 105.9 | 103.3 | 105.9 | 103.3 |
| December | 103.5 | 101.0 | 105.6 | 103.3 | 103.4 | 102.5 | 105.1 | 103.2 | 106.8 | 105.5 |
| March | 102.1 | 99.4 | 104.6 | 103.7 | 102.8 | 102.4 | 103.8 | 102.1 | 106.9 | 103.2 |
| June | 103.1 | 101.5 | 105.0 | 103.7 | 104.7 | 102.5 | 106.6 | 103.3 | 107.7 | 104.4 |
2008-2009 | | | | | | | | | | |
| September | 103.0 | 100.7 | 107.4 | 103.9 | 104.3 | 102.6 | 107.3 | 103.4 | 108.1 | 104.3 |
| December | 102.0 | 100.2 | 107.4 | 104.1 | 103.6 | 102.4 | 106.0 | 102.7 | 108.5 | 106.5 |
| March | 98.9 | nya | nya | nya | nya | nya | 102.5 | nya | 107.5 | nya |
|
nya not yet available |
(a) All series are total employment except the United States, France, Canada and Australia which are civilian employment. |
(b) The major seven countries comprise: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. |
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD |
Standardised unemployment rates, (from Table 10.12) Seasonally adjusted
Unemployment rate(a) |
|
Period | United States | Japan | Germany(b) | France | Italy | United Kingdom | Canada | OECD Major 7(c) | Australia | New Zealand |
Annual average (per cent) |
|
2005-06 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 |
2006-07 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 3.7 |
2007-08 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
Monthly (per cent) |
|
2007-2008 | | | | | | | | | | |
| January | 4.9 | 3.8 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.1 | na |
| February | 4.8 | 3.9 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 3.9 | na |
| March | 5.1 | 3.8 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 |
| April | 5.0 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 4.2 | na |
| May | 5.5 | 4.0 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.7 | 4.3 | na |
| June | 5.6 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
2008-2009 | | | | | | | | | | |
| July | 5.8 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.3 | na |
| August | 6.2 | 4.1 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 4.1 | na |
| September | 6.2 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 |
| October | 6.6 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 4.4 | na |
| November | 6.8 | 4.0 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 4.5 | na |
| December | 7.2 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 8.3 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| January | 7.6 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 8.5 | nya | nya | 7.2 | 6.8 | 4.8 | na |
| February | 8.1 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 8.6 | nya | nya | 7.7 | 7.1 | 5.2 | na |
| March | 8.5 | nya | nya | nya | nya | nya | 8.0 | nya | 5.7 | nya |
|
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 |