Total unemployment

Data are provided by Eurostat as the unemployed persons comprise persons aged 15 to 74 who were: without work during the reference week; currently available for work, i.e. were available for paid employment or self-employment before the end of the two weeks following the reference week; actively seeking work, i.e. had taken specific steps in the four weeks period ending with the reference week to seek paid employment or self-employment or who found a job to start later, i.e. within a period of at most three