Ukraine Unemployment rate

Variable: Unemployment rate

Note: Unemployment rate can be defined by either the national definition, the ILO harmonized definition, or the OECD harmonized definition. The OECD harmonized unemployment rate gives the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labor force (the total number of people employed plus unemployed). [OECD Main Economic Indicators, OECD, monthly] As defined by the International Labour Organization, unemployed workers are those who are currently not working but are willing and able to work for pay, currently available to work, and have actively searched for work. [ILO, http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/res/index.htm]

Units: Percent of total labor force

Country-specific Note: Source: Haver Analytics. Formally, the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine Latest actual data: 2017. Starting in 2014, data excludes Crimea and Sevastopol. Data officially published for 2013 have been recalculated by the IMF staff to exclude Crimea and Sevastopol to ensure a comparable base going forward. Employment type: National definition Primary domestic currency: Ukrainian hryvnia Data last updated: 03/2019

Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2019