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Unemployment registered at the public employment office (yearly average): total and by length of registration

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2021

386.2

Individuals - Tho...

1997

442.9

Individuals - Tho...

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Years	Length of registration
Years	Total	Less than 1 year	1 year or more
1997	442.9	222.7	220.2
1998	400.7	210.0	190.6
1999	356.8	194.3	162.5
2000	327.4	181.1	146.3
2001	324.7	186.3	138.4
2002	344.6	215.1	129.5
2003	427.3	267.8	159.5
2004	461.0	268.0	193.1
2005	477.2	276.2	201.0
2006	459.5	267.8	191.7
2007	410.2	242.5	167.7
2008	394.5	240.2	154.3
2009	495.5	332.9	162.7
2010	555.8	338.4	217.4
2011	551.9	322.3	229.7
2012	667.2	411.9	255.3
2013	707.8	389.5	318.3
2014	639.2	323.8	315.4
2015	560.8	284.2	276.7
2016	523.2	271.9	251.2
2017	434.5	220.7	213.8
2018	357.3	188.9	168.4
2019	314.3	178.5	135.8
2020	384.9	245.9	139.0
2021	386.2	212.2	174.1

Sources/Entities: IEFP/MTSSS-METD, PORDATA
Last updated: 2022-02-07

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