High income OECD countries Compared by Labor > Unemployment > Long-term unemployment > Long-term unemployment

DEFINITION: Long-term unemployment is conventionally defined either as those unemployed for 6 months or more or, as here, those unemployed for 12 months or more. The ratios calculated here show the proportion of these long-term unemployed among all unemployed.

Unemployment is defined in most OECD countries in accordance with the ILO Guidelines. Unemployment is usually measured by household labour force surveys and the unemployed are defined as those persons who report that they have worked in gainful employment for less than one hour in the previous week, who are available for work and who have taken actions to seek employment in the previous four weeks. The ILO Guidelines specify the kinds of actions that count as seeking work.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Slovakia	70.82%	2009
2	Germany	56.63%	2009
3	Czech Republic	53.39%	2009
4	Greece	50.28%	2009
5	Belgium	50.04%	2009
6	Italy	49.91%	2009
7	Portugal	47.32%	2009
8	Poland	45.86%	2009
9	Netherlands	41.75%	2009
10	Switzerland	40.78%	2009
11	France	40.36%	2009
12	Luxembourg	33.54%	2009
13	Japan	31.98%	2009
14	Ireland	30.34%	2009
15	Spain	27.62%	2009
16	Austria	26.84%	2009
17	United Kingdom	24.74%	2009
18	Finland	22.97%	2009
19	Denmark	18.18%	2009
20	Australia	15.45%	2009
21	Sweden	12.95%	2009
22	United States	9.95%	2009
23	Norway	8.76%	2009
24	Iceland	7.98%	2009
25	Canada	7.46%	2009
26	New Zealand	5.73%	2009
27	South Korea	0.562%	2009

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