Registered unemployment in the transition countries, 1994-1996

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

TABLE 3.3.2

Registered unemployment in the transition countries, 1994-1996
(Thousands and per cent of labour force, end of period )

	Unemployment (thousands)						Unemployment (per cent)
	1994	1995	1996				1994	1995	1996
	1994	1995	QI	QII	QIII	QIV	1994	1995	QI	QII	QIII	QIV
*Eastern Europe*	7 190	6 583	6 811	6 210	6 007	6 114	13.6	12.5	13.0	11.9	11.6	11.8
Albania	262	171	165	162	161	158	18.0	13.1	12.2	12.4	12.3	12.1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bulgaria	488	424	434	380	402	479	12.8	11.1	11.4	10.0	10.5	12.5
Croatia	248	249	264	253	262	269	17.3	17.6	15.2	14.7	15.1	15.9
Czech Republic	167	153	159	144	169	186	3.2	2.9	3.0	2.7	3.2	3.5
Hungary	520	496	528	482	501	478	10.4	10.4	11.6	10.6	11.0	10.5
Poland	2 838	2 629	2 726	2 508	2 341	2 360	16.0	14.9	15.4	14.3	13.5	13.6
Romania	1 224	998	1 031	798	665	658	10.9	9.5	9.8	7.6	6.3	6.3
Slovakia	372	330	343	311	314	330	14.8	13.1	13.3	12.1	12.2	12.8
Slovenia	124	127	121	114	118	124	14.2	14.5	13.9	13.3	13.7	14.4
The FYR of Macedonia^a	196	229	234	237	239	245	33.2	37.2	38.1	38.7	38.9	39.8
Yugoslavia^a	751	777	806	821	835	827	23.9	24.7	25.3	25.8	26.2	26.1
*Baltic states*	197	245	272	246	238	237	5.3	6.5	7.4	6.7	6.4	6.4
Estonia^b	35	34	40	35	36	37	5.1	5.0	5.9	5.2	5.3	5.6
Latvia	84	83	88	89	89	91	6.5	6.6	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.2
Lithuania	78	128	144	122	113	109	4.5	7.3	8.3	7.0	6.4	6.2
Total above	7 387	6 828	7 083	6 456	6 245	6 354	13.0	12.3	12.7	11.6	11.2	11.5
*CIS*	6 011	7 185	7 450	7 724	7 842	8 027	4.4	5.5	5.9	6.1	6.2	6.4
Armenia	92	132	139	149	153	159	6.0	8.1	8.7	9.3	9.8	9.7
Azerbaijan	24	28	29	30	31	32	0.9	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1
Belarus	101	131	167	176	185	183	2.1	2.7	3.5	3.7	4.1	4.0
Georgia	76	61	61	47	52	58	3.8	3.4	3.3	2.6	3.0	3.2
Kazakstan	70	140	206	244	269	282	1.0	2.1	3.1	3.7	4.0	4.1
Kyrgyzstan	13	50	72	80	79	77	0.8	3.0	4.2	4.6	4.7	4.5
Republic of Moldova	21	25	27	26	26	23	1.0	1.4	1.6	1.5	1.6	1.5
Russian Federation^c	5 478	6 431	6 476	6 665	6 700	6 788	7.1	8.2	8.9	9.2	9.2	9.3
Tajikistan	32	35	42	52	55	46	1.8	1.8	2.3	2.5	2.8	2.4
Turkmenistan	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Ukraine	82	127	200	221	258	351	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.5
Uzbekistan	22	25	31	34	34	28	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Total above	13 398	14 013	14 533	14 180	14 087	14 378	6.9	7.5	8.0	7.8	7.7	7.9
Memorandum items:
*CETE-5*	4 020	3 735	3 877	3 559	3 443	3 478	12.8	12.0	12.5	11.5	11.2	11.3
*SETE-7*	3 170	2 848	2 934	2 651	2 564	2 636	14.6	13.7	13.8	12.5	12.1	12.5
Russian Federation^d	1 637	2 327	2 676	2 605	2 470	2 506	2.1	3.2	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.4

Source: National statistics and direct communications from national statistical offices to UN/ECE secretariat.
^a The data reported on employment cover only the social sector in agriculture, hence unemployment rates are biased upwards (see text).
^b Job seekers.
^c Based on monthly Russian Federation Goskomstat estimates according to the ILO definition, i.e. including all persons not having employment but actively seeking and available for work. Data for 1995 and 1996 were revised by Goskomstat.
^d Registered unemployment.

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