Switzerland Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Switzerland decreased to 3.10 percent in April of 2013 from 3.20 percent in March of 2013. Unemployment Rate in Switzerland is reported by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. Historically, from 1995 until 2013, Switzerland Unemployment Rate averaged 3.36 Percent reaching an all time high of 5.40 Percent in March of 1997 and a record low of 1.60 Percent in November of 2000. In Switzerland, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page includes a chart with historical data for Switzerland Unemployment Rate.

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Switzerland Unemployment Rate Down to 3.1% in April
SECO | Joana Taborda | joana.taborda@tradingeconomics.com  |  5/7/2013 1:28:10 PM


In April, the unemployment rate fell for the second month in a row to 3.1 percent, from 3.2 percent recorded in the previous month.

The non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 3.1 percent in April from 3.2 percent in March. When adjusted for seasonal factors, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.1 percent.

The number of job vacancies increased to 16 135 in April from 16 022 in the previous month, while registered unemployed dropped to 135 851 in April form 138 993 in March. 

Compared to March, youth (15-24 year-olds) unemployment decreased by 990 persons (-5.3 percent) to 17 812. Compared to the same month last year, this represents an increase of 1 143 persons (+6.9 percent).

Total 190 thousand job seekers were registered, 3.8 thousand less than in the previous month. Compared to the same period last year this figure rose by 14 thousand people (+8.1 percent). The number of reported vacancies in the regional employment centers increased to 16 thousand.

The number of persons who had exhausted their entitlement to unemployment benefit during the month of February of 2013 was 2 758.

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Unemployment Rate | Notes

The unemployment rate can be defined as the number of people actively looking for a job divided by the labour force. Changes in unemployment depend mostly on inflows made up of non-employed people starting to look for jobs, of employed people who lose their jobs and look for new ones and of people who stop looking for employment.






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