Average duration of unemployment

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Average duration of unemployment

Sex
Age
Frequency		Annual
Unit		Months
Time		2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Time
Country
Australia		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Canada		4.2	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.1	4.1	4.1	3.8	3.5	3.3	4.9
Colombia		5.0	4.6	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.0	4.1	4.3	4.7	5.0	4.7	6.5
Costa Rica		..	..	3.2	3.1	3.7	0.0	..	0.0	..	..	0.0	..
Czechia		16.0	15.9	16.6	17.4	17.6	19.4	18.3	15.6	14.0	13.8	10.4	11.8
Finland		9.8	9.8	9.6	9.9	10.7	10.5	10.4	10.7	10.2	9.7	8.2	11.3
France		13.2	13.8	0.0	13.6	14.2	14.6	15.6	15.5	14.5	13.9	13.4	..
Hungary		17.7	17.7	17.4	17.6	18.2	18.1	18.1	16.0	15.2	12.4	9.9	8.4
Mexico		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Poland		10.8	12.0	12.8	11.8	11.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic		27.1	28.8	30.5	31.7	29.6	31.5	29.1	30.2	29.8	28.5	23.8	20.6
Switzerland		15.7	19.2	16.9	15.7	16.9	17.2	17.3	17.0	18.0	17.6	16.0	17.8
United States		7.6	9.1	9.1	8.4	7.8	6.7	6.3	5.8	5.2	5.0	3.8	6.6

Data extracted on 18 Apr 2024 13:10 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat