UNEMPLOYMENT [3?B eurostat , ~· . · 'l -. Statistical Telegram 'L~·'·,~tl.: ..... ... ~,t ..., '(l 15 January 1981 MONTHLY STATISTICS OF REGISTERED UNEMPLOYED IN THE COMMUNITY - December 1980 - In the Community of nine, 7.9 million persons were registered as unemployed at the end of December 1980, representing 7.2% of the civilian working population. The position has thus continued to deteriorate during the month of December, to an extent very much exceeding the normal seasonal rise. In the Community as a whole, unemployment rose by 4. 2% between November and December 1980. All member countries showed an increase although this varied very much between the different countries. In a single month unemployment went up by 15.$% in the F.R. of Germany, 10% in Denmark, 8.7% in the Nether­ lands and 7.9% in Luxembourg. These high rates of increase are in continuation of those observed in these countries since September: unemployment has risen in three months by 36% in the F.R. of Germany, by 35% in Luxembourg, by 33% in Denmark and by 20% in the Netherlands. Ireland, with a very high rate of unemployment, nevertheless recorded a continuing increase (+ 6.3% and+ 15.7% by reference to November and September 1980}. However, for the other countries having high unemployment rates, the numbers of registered unemployed appear to be rising much more slowly (United Kingdom + 3.3%, France and Belgium + 1.2%, Italy + o. &fo). As in the preceding months, these increases are mainly in respect of male un­ employment. At the end of December 1980 the number of unemployed men had risen by 6.9% since November and by 1~ since September, the corresponding increases for women being+ 0.9% and + 4.8% respectively. The greatest increases in male unemployment during December were noted in the F.R. of Germany (+ 27.5%), Luxembourg (+ 18.2%}, Denmark (+ 14.0%) and the Netherlands (+ 13.0%). In total, between end-December 1979 and end-December 1980 the unemployment rate in the Community has risen from 5.7% to 7.2%. This rate has gone from 4.9% to 6.6% for men and from 6.~fo to 8.3% for women. The growth in unemployment in the Community during 1980 amounted to 27%. The countries most affected were the United Kingdom (+ 66%}, Denmark (+ 56%), the Netherlands (+ 49%), Ireland (+ 38%), and the F.R. of Germany (+ 29%). The in­ creases in unemployment were below the Community average in Luxembourg (+ 19%), Belgium (+ 17%), France (+ 11%) and Italy (+ 6%). Statistical Office 12-1980 of the European Communities Demographic and Social Statistics UNEMPLOYMENT monthly Luxembourg B.P. 1907 Tel. 4301-2491 TAB.1 BR NEDER- BELGIQUE LUXEM- UNITED DEUTSCH- FRANCE IT ALIA IRELAND DAN MARK EUU LAND LAND BELGIE BOURG KINGDOM UNEMPLOYED at end of month (x 10001 July 1980 T 853,1 1 330,1 1 680,5 248,3 397,4 0,946 1 896,6 100,8 134,4 6 642,1 M 386,0 599,0 920,9 155,1 149,1 0,450 1 264,6 75,6 69,9 3 620,7 F 467,1 731,1 759,6 93,2 248,3 0,496 632,0 25,2 64,5 3 021,4 August 1980 T M 864,5 1 374,3 1 705,8 261,5 416,7 0,983 2 001,2 105,2 157,0 6 887,2 F 389,5 623,1 919,2 162,2 158,9 0,421 1 342,3 79,2 82,1 3. 756,9 475,0 751,2 786,6 99,3 257,8 0,562 658,9 26,0 74,9 3 130,3 September 1980 T M 822,6 1 519,0 1 784,9 269,1 425,8 1,077 2 039,5 105,6 167,2 7 134,8 F 367,8 681,8 951,5 168,1 163,7 0,444 1 378,8 80,3 88,3 3 880,8 454,8 837,2 833,4 101,0 262,1 0,633 660,7 25,3 78,9 3 254,0 October 1980 T M 888,1 1 585,1 1 796,7 278,2 425,7 1,227 2 062,9 110,9 184,4 7 333,2 F 400,3 710,6 944,6 176,5 166,1 0,552 1 414,2 84,8 99,6 3 997,2 487,8 874,5 852,1 101,7 259,6 0,675 648,7 26,1 84,9 3 336,0 November 1980 T M 967,5 1 613,0 1 810,1r 296,7 425,3 1,345 2 162,9 115,0 202,6p 7 594,4r F 457,4 735,2 947,3r 194,4 167,9 0,620 1 506,1 87,7 115,2p 4 211,8r 510,1 877,8 862,8r 102,3 257,4 0,725 656,8 27,3 87,4p 3 382,6r December 1980 T 1 118,3 1 632,0 1 820,3p 322,4 430,5 1,451 2 244,2 122,2 222,8p 7 914,1 M 583,2 765,7 951,3p 219,7 171,9 0,733 1 585,7 93,2 131,3p 4 502,7 F 535,1 866,3 869,0p 102,7 258,6 0,718 658,5 29,0 91,5p 3 411,4 December 1979 T 866,8 1 468,9 711,3 216,7 366,8 1,217 1 355,5 88,6 143,21 6 219,0 M 418,0 655,7 11 940,2 136,2 134,4 0,617 934,2 67,2 73,8 3 370,3 F I 448,8 I 803,2 771,1 I 80,5 I 232,4 I 0,600 I 421,3 I 21,4 I 69,4 2 848~7 CHANGES(%) November 1980 T M + 15,6 + 1,2 + 0,6 + 8,7 + 1,2 + 7,9 + 3,8 + 6,3 + 10,0 + 4,2 F + 27,5 + 4,1 + 0,4 + 13,0 + 2,4 + 18,2 + 5,3 + 6,3 + 14,0 + 6,9 + 4,9 - 1,3 + 0,7 + 0,4 + 0,5 1,0 + 0,3 + 6,2 + 4,7 + 0,9 December 19 79 T - M + 29,0 + 11,1 + 6,4 + 48,8 + 17,4 + 19,2 + 65,6 + 37,9 + 55,6 + 27,3 F + 39,5 + 15,0 + 1,2 + 61,3 + 27,9 + 18,8 + 69,7 + 38,7 + 77,9 + 33,6 + 19,2 + 7,9 + 12,7 + 27,6 + 11,3 + 19,7 + 56,3 + .35,5 + 31,8 + 19,8 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (%of working population) July 1980 T M 3,3 5,9 7,6 4,9 9,8 0,6 7,3 8,9 5,2 6,1 F 2,4 4,4 6,3 4,4 5,9 0,4* 8,0 9,0* 4,8 5,3 4,7 8,3 10,3 6,0 16,4 1,1* 6,2 8,5* 5,6 7,4 August 1980 T M 3,3 6,1 7,8 5,1 10,3 0,6 7,7 9,3 6,0 6,3 F 2,4 4,6 6,2 4,6 6,3 0,4* 8,5 9,4* 5,7 5,5 4,8 8,5 10,7 6,4 17,0 1 ,2*. 6,4 8,8* 6,5 7,6 September 1980 T M 3,2 6,8 8,1 5,3 10,5 0,7 7,8 9,3 6,4 6,5 F 2,3 5,0 6,5 4,7 6,5 0,4* 8,7 9,6* 6,1 5,7 4,6 9,5 11,3 6,5 17,3 1,3* 6,4 8,5* 6,9 7,9 October 1980 T M 3,4 7,1 8,2 5,4 10,5 0,8 7,9 9,8 7,1 6,7 F 2,5 5,2 6,5 5,0 6,6 0,5* 9,0 10,1* 6,9 5,8 4,9 9.,9 11,5 6,6 17,1 1,4* 6,3 8,8* 7,4 8,1 November 1980 T M 3,7 7,2 8,2 5,8 10,5 0,9 8,3 10,1 7,8p 6,9 F 2,9 5,4 6,5 5,5 6,6 0,6* 9,5 10,5* 8,0p 6,2 5,1 10,0 11,7 6,6 17,0 1,5* 6,4 9,2* 7,6p 8,3 December 1980 T 4,3 7,3 8,3 6,3 10,6 0,9 8,6 10,8 8,6 7,2 M 3,7 5,6 6,5 6,2 6,8 0,7* 10,1 11,1* 9,1 6,6 F 5,4 9,8 11,8 6,6 17,1 1,5* 6,4 9,8* 8,0 8,3 December 1979 T 3,3 6,5 7,8 4,2 9,1 0,8 5,2 7,8 5,5 5,7 M 2,6 4,9 6,4 3,8 5,3 0,6* 5,9 8,0* 5,1 4,9 F :I 4,5 I 9,1 I 10,4 I 5,2 I 15,3 I 1,3* I 4,1 I 7,2* I 6,0 I 6,9 TAB.2 BR NEDER- BELGIQUE LUXEM- UNITED DEUTSCH- FRANCE IT ALIA IRELAND DAN MARK EUR I LAND LAND BELGIE BOURG Klt-!GOOM PART OF TOTAL UNEMPLOYED (%) 1.