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Long-term unemployment rate

Long-term unemployment rate. By sex 2023
Catalonia Spain European Union-27
Men 3.0 3.6 2.0
Women 3.2 5.1 2.2
Total 3.1 4.3 2.1
Units: Percentatge.
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's Active Population Survey. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Note: In April 2024, Idescat reviewed the results of Catalonia of the Economically Active Population Survey for the years 2021-2023 with the new population base derived from the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
Indicador ODS Indicator 08.40 from the EU Sustainable Development Goals

Last update: February 20, 2024. Revised series on April 26, 2024.

EPA

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Economically Active Population Survey (EPA).

Methodological note

The indicator measures the share of the economically active population aged 15 to 74 who has been unemployed for 12 months or more. In the case of Catalonia and Spain, the active population (numerator) is 16 to 74 years of age.

Unemployed persons are defined as all persons who were without work during the reference week, were currently available for work and were either actively seeking work in the last four weeks or had already found a job to start within the next three months. The unemployment period is defined as the duration of a job search, or as the length of time since the last job was held (if shorter than the time spent on a job search).

The economically active population comprises employed and unemployed persons.

Data stem from the EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS). In the case of Catalonia and Spain, it is in the INE's Labour Force Survey integrated.

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