Switzerland - Unemployment Rate
Switzerland: Unemployment Rate
| Mnemonic | LBR.ICHE | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit | Percent, NSA | |
| Adjustments | Not Seasonally Adjusted | |
| Monthly | ||
| Data | Jan 2021 | 3.7 |
| Dec 2020 | 3.5 | |
Series Information
| Source | State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) - Switzerland |
| Release | Unemployment |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Start Date | 1/31/1976 |
| End Date | 1/31/2021 |
Switzerland: Labor
| Reference | Last | Previous | Units | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | Jan 2021 | 169,753 | 163,545 | NSA | Monthly |
| Unemployment Rate | Jan 2021 | 3.7 | 3.5 | Percent, NSA | Monthly |
| Primary Industries Employment | 2020 Q3 | 139.5 | 142.5 | Ths. #, NSA | Quarterly |
| Secondary Industries Employment | 2020 Q3 | 1,053 | 1,041 | Ths. #, NSA | Quarterly |
| Real Wages & Salaries | 2019 | 106.8 | 106.22 | 2010 = 100, NSA | Annual |
| Agriculture Employment | 2017 | 173,023 | 164,400 | # | Annual |
| Labor Force | 2016 | 4,889,215 | 4,814,298 | # | Annual |
| Labor Force Employment | 2016 Q4 | 5,080 | 5,051 | Ths. | Quarterly |
| Total Employment | 2016 Q4 | 5,080 | 5,051 | Ths. | Quarterly |
Release Information
Unemployment count and rate by age and NACE industry. For Switzerland and its NUTS 3 areas.
The classification is NOGA 2002 (NACE Rev. 1), changed to NOGA 2008 (NACE Rev. 2) in 2016.
The IMF writes:
The definition of unemployed includes all persons registered with a regional placement office who are without work and immediately available for employment (as a rule, within 30 days) and who are looking for work. All job seekers between the ages of 15 and 65 are taken into account. No category of foreigner is excluded.
Scope
- Industrial coverage: All industries are covered.
- Occupational coverage: All occupations are covered.
- Geographical coverage: The whole country is covered.
- Population coverage: All job seekers (registered unemployed and not unemployed) between the ages of 15 and 65. No segment of the population is excluded.
- The statistics include unemployed persons as well as persons who are not unemployed but have registered with a regional placement office and are looking for a new job, according to the following definitions:
- Registered unemployed persons: all registered job-seekers who are without work and immediately (as a rule within 30 days) available for employment.
- Registered persons who are not unemployed: all registered job seekers who are either not immediately available for work or who already have a job. The following distinctions are made in this context:
- persons in programmes of temporary employment
- persons in retraining or further training programmes
- persons with an interim source of income
- others seeking work who are not unemployed.
- Topical coverage: For registered unemployed, the data is broken down as follows:
- By region (part of the country, canton and local authority); by sex; by nationality (Swiss, foreign); by age group (15-19, 20-24, ..., 55-59, over 60); by employment status (fully or partially unemployed); by length of unemployment (1-6 months, 7-12 months, > 1 year); by employment situation (previously gainfully employed, first-time job seeker, re-entering the labor market, retraining/further education).
- For registered job seekers, the data is broken down as follows: by region (canton), and employment situation (by persons in temporary employment programs; by persons in retraining/further education; by persons with interim earnings; and, by other not unemployed job seekers).
The data are final when first released and are not subject to revision.
- At the IMF:
