The Registered Unemployment and Job Vacancies statistics
is a subset of the Infra-annual Labour Force Statistics database, which contains
predominantly quarterly and monthly statistics, and associated statistical methodological
information, for the OECD member countries and selected other economies.
There are basically two sources for unemployment statistics: labour force
surveys and administrative data. Surveys are based on standard methodology and
procedures used all over the world while administrative data are subject to
national legislations which evolve through time. Consequently registered
unemployment data are not comparable across countries. The relationship between
survey and registered unemployment is not the same for all countries. Number of
registered unemployed persons and registered unemployment rates are presented
here because they are monthly and quickly available after their reference
period.
The job vacancies data provides estimates of the number of unfilled job
vacancies across national economies. Series give an indication of the labour
demand while the unemployment is linked with the labour
supply.