Unemployed
2023
240 900
Gone up +19 700 vs. 2022
international concept
Unemployment rate
2023
5.1 %
Gone up +0.4 percentage points vs. 2022
international concept
Youth unemployment rate (15 to 24 years)
2023
10.4 %
Gone up +0.9 percentage points vs. 2022
international concept
According to the definitions of the International Labour Organization (ILO), theunemployed 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 theRegister-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).
- ILO unemployment, monthly results (.ods)
Register-based Census, Register-based Labour Market Statistics
- Indicators and municipality results 2022 (.ods) New
STATcube
- STATcube: Austrian Micro census – Labour Force Survey Quarterly Data
- STATcube: Austrian Micro census – Labour Force Survey Yearly Data
- STATcube: Austrian Micro census – Time Series since 1974
- STATcube: Register-based Labour Market Statistics – Persons – Time Series since 2021 New
- STATcube: Register-based Labour Market Statistics – Persons – Time Series 2011 to 2021
- STATcube: Register-based Labour Market Statistics – Employment Statistics Time Series since 2009
Register-based Census, Register-based Labour Market Statistics
- Indicators and municipality results 2021 (.ods)
- Gemeindeergebnisse 2012 bis 2020 (.ods) (German only)
| Date | Title | PDF download | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-06 | file | Labour market in Q1 2024: Plus for part-time, minus for full-time employment | 100.1 KB |
| 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 | 92.4 KB |
| 2023-09-07 | file | Every sixth employed person wants to work less | 103.3 KB |
| 2023-07-17 | file | Census 2021: Austria is growing due to immigration and ageing | 617.3 KB |
| 2023-06-07 | file | Unemployment up slightly in Q1 2023 | 106.0 KB |
| 2023-03-14 | file | 7% more part-time workers than in previous year | 123.4 KB |
| 2022-12-07 | file | 91 000 more employed than in third quarter 2021 | 132.6 KB |
| 2022-09-08 | file | 33% less unemployed than in second quarter 2021 | 129.8 KB |
| 2022-06-09 | file | 33% less unemployed than in first quarter 2021 | 130.4 KB |
| Date | Title | result | SDDS+ Special Data Dissemination Standards | PR PR press release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-05 | calendar-alt | Unemployed, Looking for Work 3rd quarter 2024 Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work | final | PR | Labour market / Labour market / Unemployment / Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / | |
| 2024-11-29 | calendar-alt | Unemployed persons (ILO definition) October 2024 Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work | provisional | Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / | ||
| 2024-10-30 | calendar-alt | Unemployed persons (ILO definition) September 2024 Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work | provisional | Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / | ||
| 2024-10-01 | calendar-alt | Unemployed persons (ILO definition) August 2024 Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work | provisional | Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / | ||
| 2024-09-05 | calendar-alt | Unemployed, Looking for Work 2nd quarter 2024 Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work | final | PR | Labour market / Labour market / Unemployment / Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / | |
| 2024-08-29 | calendar-alt | Unemployed persons (ILO definition) July 2024 Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work | provisional | Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / | ||
| 2024-07-31 | calendar-alt | Unemployed persons (ILO definition) June 2024 Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work | provisional | Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / | ||
| 2024-07-01 | calendar-alt | Unemployed persons (ILO definition) May 2024 Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work | provisional | Labour market / Unemployment / Unemployed, seeking work / |
All announcements
All publications
- Microcensus since 2004 – Labour Force and Housing Survey (.pdf)
- Register-based Labour Market Statistics and Employment Statistics for Register-based Census (.pdf)
- Register-based Census 2021 (.pdf)
- Register-based Census 2011 (.pdf)
- Quality improvement of the Monthly Unemployment Rate. Report (.pdf)
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