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Unemployed
2023
240 900
Gone up +19 700 vs. 2022
Unemployment rate
2023
5.1 %
Gone up +0.4 percentage points vs. 2022
Youth unemployment rate (15 to 24 years)
2023
10.4 %
Gone up +0.9 percentage points vs. 2022

According to the definitions of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the unemployed are those persons who are not employed, are able to take up a job within two weeks after the reference week and have actively sought work during the reference week and the three weeks preceding it, or already have a job offer and will take up this job in a maximum of three months. The unemployment rate according to the international definition is the share of unemployed persons in the labour force (employed and unemployed), aged 15 to 74 in each case.

Unemployed persons and unemployment rates can be presented by gender, age, education, nationality and regional characteristics, among others. The duration of unemployment, characteristics of the last employment and time series are also provided. The results come from the Microcensus Labour Force Survey (sample survey) as well as the Register-based Census and the Register-based Labour Market Statistics (administrative data).

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Labour Force Survey (Microcensus) 2023. Compiled on 18 March 2024. – According to international concept (ILO).

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, Labour Force Survey (Microcensus) 2023. Compiled on 18 March 2024. – According to international concept (ILO).

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2024-09-05 file Labour market in Q2 2024: Less young, more elder employed persons
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2024-06-06 file Labour market in Q1 2024: Plus for part-time, minus for full-time employment
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2024-03-19 file One out of five persons working full-time would like to work less
105.4 KB
2023-12-07 file Unemployment continued to rise in Q3 2023
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2023-09-07 file Every sixth employed person wants to work less
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2023-07-17 file Census 2021: Austria is growing due to immigration and ageing
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2023-06-07 file Unemployment up slightly in Q1 2023
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2023-03-14 file 7% more part-time workers than in previous year
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2022-12-07 file 91 000 more employed than in third quarter 2021
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2022-09-08 file 33% less unemployed than in second quarter 2021
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2022-06-09 file 33% less unemployed than in first quarter 2021
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2025-06-30 calendar-alt Unemployed persons (ILO definition) May 2025
Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work
provisional

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2025-06-16 calendar-alt Register-based labour market statistics 2023
Labour market / Activity status
final

Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work /

Labour market / Working time / Part-time work, part-time rate / Unemployed, seeking work / Unemployment / Labour market /

Labour market / Activity status / Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / Part-time work, part-time rate / Working time / Labour market /

Labour market / Employment / Commuters (place of work) / Labour market / Working time / Part-time work, part-time rate / Unemployed, seeking work / Unemployment / Labour market / Activity status / Labour market /

2025-06-05 calendar-alt Unemployed, Looking for Work 1st quarter 2025
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final PR

Labour market /

Labour market / Unemployment / Labour market /

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2025-05-30 calendar-alt Unemployed persons (ILO definition) April 2025
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provisional

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2025-05-02 calendar-alt Unemployed persons (ILO definition) March 2025
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provisional

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2025-04-01 calendar-alt Unemployed persons (ILO definition) February 2025
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2025-03-13 calendar-alt Unemployed, Looking for Work 4th quarter 2024
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final PR

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2025-02-28 calendar-alt Unemployed persons (ILO definition) January 2025
Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work
provisional

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2025-01-31 calendar-alt Unemployed persons (ILO definition) December 2024
Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work
provisional

Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work /

2025-01-07 calendar-alt Unemployed persons (ILO definition) November 2024
Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work
provisional

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2024-12-05 calendar-alt Unemployed, Looking for Work 3rd quarter 2024
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final PR

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2024-11-29 calendar-alt Unemployed persons (ILO definition) October 2024
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