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Unemployment rate: total and by age group (%)

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2019

6.5

1983

┴7.8

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Years	Age groups
Years	Total	Less than 25	25-54	55-64
1983	┴7.8	┴18.3	┴5.1	┴2.4
1984	8.4	20.1	5.7	1.9
1985	8.7	20.5	5.9	2.4
1986	8.4	19.2	6.0	2.4
1987	7.0	15.8	5.0	2.4
1988	5.7	13.0	4.2	2.2
1989	5.0	11.5	3.8	1.6
1990	4.7	10.3	3.6	2.1
1991	4.1	9.1	3.3	2.2
1992	┴4.1	┴10.0	┴3.2	┴1.9
1993	5.4	12.6	4.4	3.4
1994	6.7	14.7	5.8	3.9
1995	7.1	16.1	6.1	4.1
1996	7.2	16.5	6.1	4.7
1997	6.7	14.8	5.8	5.0
1998	┴4.9	┴10.4	┴4.4	┴3.3
1999	4.4	8.8	4.0	3.0
2000	3.9	8.6	3.5	3.2
2001	4.0	9.4	3.5	3.1
2002	5.0	11.7	4.5	3.6
2003	6.3	14.6	5.8	4.3
2004	6.6	15.4	6.0	5.5
2005	7.6	16.2	7.2	6.1
2006	7.6	16.5	7.3	6.3
2007	8.0	16.7	7.8	6.5
2008	7.6	16.7	7.2	6.6
2009	9.4	20.3	9.2	7.6
2010	10.8	22.8	10.7	8.9
2011	┴12.7	┴30.2	┴11.9	┴10.8
2012	15.5	37.9	14.7	12.7
2013	16.2	38.1	15.5	13.7
2014	13.9	34.8	12.7	13.5
2015	12.4	32.0	11.2	12.4
2016	11.1	28.0	10.0	11.0
2017	8.9	23.9	7.9	8.6
2018	7.0	20.3	6.1	6.5
2019	6.5	18.3	5.7	6.2

Sources/Entities: INE, PORDATA
Last updated: 2020-06-24

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