Between January and September 2022, the monthly average unemployment rate in OECD countries fell by almost half a percent. The country with the highest levels of unemployment in this period was Spain, and the country with the lowest was Czechia.

OECD members youth unemployment rate for 2023 was 11.30%, a 0.29% decline from 2022.

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<li>OECD members youth unemployment rate for 2022 was <strong>11.59%</strong>, a <strong>2.07% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>OECD members youth unemployment rate for 2021 was <strong>13.66%</strong>, a <strong>2.16% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
<li>OECD members youth unemployment rate for 2020 was <strong>15.82%</strong>, a <strong>3.18% increase</strong> from 2019.</li>
</ul>Youth unemployment refers to the share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment.

As of the fourth quarter of 2022, Spain had the highest unemployment rate among OECD countries with 13 percent. Spain was followed by Greece and Costa Rica, with 11.7 and 11.6 percent respectively. In comparison, the unemployment rate in Czechia was recorded at 2.4 percent which was the lowest rate in that time.

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Unemployment rates in the selected OECD member countries are forecast to vary from 2.5 percent in Japan to nearly 12 percent in Spain in 2024. In 2025, the unemployment rate was forecast to decrease marginally in both countries.

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Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Total: Aged 25+ data was reported at 5.627 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.602 % for 2023. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Total: Aged 25+ data is updated yearly, averaging 7.016 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2024, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.831 % in 2020 and a record low of 5.627 % in 2024. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Total: Aged 25+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.OECD.MEI: Harmonised Unemployment and Unemployment Rate: OECD Member: Annual. [STAT_CONC_DEF] Employment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who participated in the production of goods and economic services (worked) for at least one hour during the reference week.It also includes those persons who, although they have a job, did not work during the reference week, because of some special circumstances (strike, illness or injury, lack of materials or clients, bad weather, etc.), and the period of inactivity did not exceed one month. Unemployment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who had no employment during the reference week, were available to participate in the production of goods and economic services immediately (within the next two weeks) and had sought employment but did not find it, even though they took specific measures in order to find it during the previous four weeks.Besides, unemployed persons are those who had no employment in the reference week, were available for work and did not seek it due to special situations such as the following:- They already got a job and are waiting to start in the coming days.- They are waiting for the resumption of operations from a temporarily disrupted activity, which downtime is less than one month.- They are waiting a response from previous job search efforts.

The infra-annual dataflow on the monthly unemployment rate is a subset of the infra-annual labour statistics database, which contains predominantly monthly and quarterly statistics on the unemployed population by age groups (15+, 15-24, 25-54, 55-64, 15-64 and 15-74 where available) and sex and associated statistical methodological information and associated statistical methodological information, for the OECD member countries and for selected other economies.

The unemployment rate is calculated as the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force (i.e., the unemployed plus those in employment). The unemployed are persons in their working age who, in the reference period, do not have a job; are available for work; and, have taken specific steps to find a job.

The infra-annual labour statistics compiled for all OECD member countries, are drawn from Labour Force Surveys based on definition provided by the 19th Conference of Labour Statisticians in 2013. The uniform application of these definitions across all OECD member countries results in estimates that are internationally comparable.

Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Male: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 19.600 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.943 % for 2023. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Male: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 20.691 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2024, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 35.603 % in 2020 and a record low of 18.147 % in 2011. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Male: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.OECD.MEI: Harmonised Unemployment and Unemployment Rate: OECD Member: Annual. [STAT_CONC_DEF] Employment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who participated in the production of goods and economic services (worked) for at least one hour during the reference week.It also includes those persons who, although they have a job, did not work during the reference week, because of some special circumstances (strike, illness or injury, lack of materials or clients, bad weather, etc.), and the period of inactivity did not exceed one month. Unemployment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who had no employment during the reference week, were available to participate in the production of goods and economic services immediately (within the next two weeks) and had sought employment but did not find it, even though they took specific measures in order to find it during the previous four weeks.Besides, unemployed persons are those who had no employment in the reference week, were available for work and did not seek it due to special situations such as the following:- They already got a job and are waiting to start in the coming days.- They are waiting for the resumption of operations from a temporarily disrupted activity, which downtime is less than one month.- They are waiting a response from previous job search efforts.

OECD members unemployment rate for 2024 was 4.91%, a 0.08% increase from 2023.

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<li>OECD members unemployment rate for 2023 was <strong>4.83%</strong>, a <strong>0.16% decline</strong> from 2022.</li>
<li>OECD members unemployment rate for 2022 was <strong>4.99%</strong>, a <strong>1.21% decline</strong> from 2021.</li>
<li>OECD members unemployment rate for 2021 was <strong>6.19%</strong>, a <strong>0.96% decline</strong> from 2020.</li>
</ul>Unemployment refers to the share of the labor force that is without work but available for and seeking employment.

Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Total data was reported at 6.878 % in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 6.587 % for Sep 2024. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Total data is updated quarterly, averaging 9.902 % from Sep 2010 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.008 % in Jun 2020 and a record low of 6.587 % in Sep 2024. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.OECD.MEI: Harmonised Unemployment and Unemployment Rate: OECD Member: Quarterly. [STAT_CONC_DEF] Employment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who participated in the production of goods and economic services (worked) for at least one hour during the reference week.It also includes those persons who, although they have a job, did not work during the reference week, because of some special circumstances (strike, illness or injury, lack of materials or clients, bad weather, etc.), and the period of inactivity did not exceed one month. Unemployment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who had no employment during the reference week, were available to participate in the production of goods and economic services immediately (within the next two weeks) and had sought employment but did not find it, even though they took specific measures in order to find it during the previous four weeks.Besides, unemployed persons are those who had no employment in the reference week, were available for work and did not seek it due to special situations such as the following:- They already got a job and are waiting to start in the coming days.- They are waiting for the resumption of operations from a temporarily disrupted activity, which downtime is less than one month.- They are waiting a response from previous job search efforts.

CR: Unemployment: Harmonised: Male data was reported at 94.905 Person th in Dec 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 85.566 Person th for Sep 2024. CR: Unemployment: Harmonised: Male data is updated quarterly, averaging 114.909 Person th from Sep 2010 (Median) to Dec 2024, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 281.939 Person th in Jun 2020 and a record low of 85.566 Person th in Sep 2024. CR: Unemployment: Harmonised: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.OECD.MEI: Harmonised Unemployment and Unemployment Rate: OECD Member: Quarterly.

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Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Female: Aged 25+ data was reported at 6.512 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 8.189 % for 2023. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Female: Aged 25+ data is updated yearly, averaging 8.870 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2024, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21.189 % in 2020 and a record low of 6.512 % in 2024. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Female: Aged 25+ data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.OECD.MEI: Harmonised Unemployment and Unemployment Rate: OECD Member: Annual. [STAT_CONC_DEF] Employment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who participated in the production of goods and economic services (worked) for at least one hour during the reference week.It also includes those persons who, although they have a job, did not work during the reference week, because of some special circumstances (strike, illness or injury, lack of materials or clients, bad weather, etc.), and the period of inactivity did not exceed one month. Unemployment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who had no employment during the reference week, were available to participate in the production of goods and economic services immediately (within the next two weeks) and had sought employment but did not find it, even though they took specific measures in order to find it during the previous four weeks.Besides, unemployed persons are those who had no employment in the reference week, were available for work and did not seek it due to special situations such as the following:- They already got a job and are waiting to start in the coming days.- They are waiting for the resumption of operations from a temporarily disrupted activity, which downtime is less than one month.- They are waiting a response from previous job search efforts.

Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Female: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 23.929 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 29.215 % for 2023. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Female: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 30.187 % from Dec 2011 (Median) to 2024, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 52.911 % in 2020 and a record low of 23.929 % in 2024. Costa Rica CR: Unemployment Rate: Harmonised: Female: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Costa Rica – Table CR.OECD.MEI: Harmonised Unemployment and Unemployment Rate: OECD Member: Annual. [STAT_CONC_DEF] Employment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who participated in the production of goods and economic services (worked) for at least one hour during the reference week.It also includes those persons who, although they have a job, did not work during the reference week, because of some special circumstances (strike, illness or injury, lack of materials or clients, bad weather, etc.), and the period of inactivity did not exceed one month. Unemployment data from the ECE refer to persons in the labor force who had no employment during the reference week, were available to participate in the production of goods and economic services immediately (within the next two weeks) and had sought employment but did not find it, even though they took specific measures in order to find it during the previous four weeks.Besides, unemployed persons are those who had no employment in the reference week, were available for work and did not seek it due to special situations such as the following:- They already got a job and are waiting to start in the coming days.- They are waiting for the resumption of operations from a temporarily disrupted activity, which downtime is less than one month.- They are waiting a response from previous job search efforts.

United States - Youth Unemployment Rate for OECD Members was 15.70% in January of 2020, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Youth Unemployment Rate for OECD Members reached a record high of 17.46 in January of 2010 and a record low of 12.35 in January of 2018. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Youth Unemployment Rate for OECD Members - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on May of 2025.

The adult employment-to-population in 2022 was higher in Iceland than any other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) country, at 83.3 percent. The Netherlands ranked second with nearly 82 percent. On the other hand, it was lowest in Türkiye. The average for the entire bloc was 67.8. The employment-to-population ratio is a valuable addition to the unemployment rate because it includes the entire adult population, whereas the unemployment rate only considers those who are working or actively seeking a job, that is, only the workforce.

The OECD Ageing and Employment Policies Project is part of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and forms a collection of data on work and employment regarding older people, as well as of policy reviews in order to encourage greater labour market participation for the elderly. Most data come from the report "Live longer, Work longer" and country-specific scoreboards for respectively 21 and 36 OECD member countries. Here we focus on statistical data.

IS: Unemployment Rate: Male: Aged 55-64 data was reported at 2.285 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.304 % for 2023. IS: Unemployment Rate: Male: Aged 55-64 data is updated yearly, averaging 3.116 % from Dec 2003 (Median) to 2024, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.515 % in 2010 and a record low of 0.000 % in 2007. IS: Unemployment Rate: Male: Aged 55-64 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Iceland – Table IS.OECD.MEI: Unemployment and Unemployment Rate: OECD Member: Annual.

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