-----------~I-'2-GO- l UNEMPLOYMENT eurostatl3?ll Statistical Telegram 16 April 1980 Monthly Statistics of registered unemployed in the Community - March 1980 - As in previous years, with the ending of winter, the number of unemployed registered at public employment offices in the Community showed a considerable reduction. Between the end of February 1980 and the end of March 1980, total unemployment declined by 220,000 to 6.3 million. As afercentage of the civilian working populations... unemployment fell from 6.0% at the end o February to 5.8% at the end of March 19ij0. As with the reduction during February, so also was that of March mainly due to weather conditions. The seasonally corrected total was of the order of 6.2 million. In comparison with the previous month unemployment in the Community as a whole and in each Member State declined. For the Community as a whole this reduction amounted to 3.4%. In four Member States the reductions were well in excess of the Community average: F .R. of Germany (- 11.7%), Luxembourg (- 11.5%), the Netherlands (- 7 .4%) and Denmark (- 5.4%). In the other Member States, decreases in unemployment were below the Community average: France(- 2.4%), Italy and Belgium (each with- 1.4%), Ireland(- 0.9%) and the Umted Kingdom(- 0.8%). Compared with the corresponding month last year, total unemployment in the Community showed a rise of 2%. However, ttiere were differing trends in the individual Member States. Falls in unemployment occurred in : F.R. of Germany (- 8.5%), Luxembourg (- 5.0%), Denmark (- 4.1%) and Ireland (- 3.3%). Increased unemployment compared with March 1979 was noted in : France (+ 7.6%), the United Kingdom (+ 5.4%), Belgium (+ 3.1%) Italy (+ 1.7%) and the Netherlands (+ 0.4%). Thus the rates of increase in the case ol France, the United Kingdom and Belgium were above the Community· average,while those · for Italy and the Netherlands were below this average. The steadily disimproving position as regards female unemployment was again evident in the end-March figures. The reduction in unemployment compared with February 1980 in the case of women amounted to 2.1 %, less than half that in the case of men of 4.3%. This trend is very apparent by comparison with March 1979 which shows a rise of 6.3% in female unemployment as against a fall of 1.3% in male unemployment. In March 1980 unemployed women represented 44.6% of the total unemployed in the Community. In some Member States this proportion was considerably higher: Belgium (64.0%), France (54.6%), F.R. of Germany (50.4%) and Luxembourg (49.4%). Tables: TABLE 1 : Numbers of unemployed and unemployment rates TABLE 2 : Structure of unemployment TABLE 3 : Annual averages of unemployment ' Statistical Office of the European Communities 3- 1980 Demographic and Social Statistics UNEMPLOYMENT monthly luxembourg B.P. 1907 Tel. 4301-2491 1 1 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I . BR NEDER- BELGIQUE LUXEM- UNITED DEUTSCH- FRANCE IT ALIA IRELAND DAN MARK EUR 9 . LAND LAND BELGIE BOURG KINGDOM UNEMPLOYED at end of month (x 10001 October 1979 T M 761,7 1 479,9 1 634,7 207.4 372,1 1,161 1 367,6 82,9 122,6 6030,1 329,6 664,9 897.2 122.3 136,3 0,550 925,8 62.8 53.7 3193,2 F 432,1 815,0 737,5 85,1 235,8 0,611 441,8 20,1 68,9 2 836,9 November 1979 T M 799,0 1 472,7 1 623,0 209,5 368.2 1,171 1 355.2 84,7 124,5 6038,0 F 360.4 660.4 892.8 127.2 134,6 0,579 924.4 64,2 56,1 3 220,7 438,6 812,3 730.2 82.3 233,6 0,598 430,8 20,5 68,4 2 817,3 December 1979 T M 866,8 1 468,9 1 662.9 216,7 366.8 1,217 1 355,5 88,6 143,2 6170,6 F 418,0 665,7 918,7 136.2 134.4 0,617 934.2 67.2 73,8 3348,8 448.8 803.2 744.2 80.5 232,4 0,600 421,3 21.4 69.4 2 821.8 January 1980 T M 1036.5 1 485.4 1 746,0r 232.4 361,7 1.260 1 470,6 92,1 152,8r 6 578,8r F 557.3 677,1 975,0 154,1 133,6 0,665 1 016,0 70,3 82,7r 3 666,8r 479.2 808,3 771,0r 78,3 228,1 0,595 454,6 21,8 70,1r 2 912,0r February 1980 T M 992,5 1 447,6 1 739,5r 227.3 348.8 1,187 1488.9 92.4 163,9r 6502,1 F 526.5 659.2 975,1r 151,7 127,0 0,612 1 031,5 70.8 94,6r 3 637.0 466P 788.4 764,4r 75,6 221.8 0,575 457.4 21,6 69,3r 2 865,1 March 1980 T M 875.9 1 412.3 1 715,3 210,5 344,0 1P51 1 477,7 91,6 155,0 6 283.4 F 434,3 640,7 960.8 137.9 123.9 0,532 1 025,0 70,0 86,0 3 479,2 441,6 771,6 754,5 72,6 220,1 0,519 452,7 21,6 69,0 2804,2 March 1979 957,7 1 313,0 1 686,6 209,7 333,5 1,106 1 402.3 94,7 161,7 6160,3 481,6 634,6 963,7 141.8 129.4 0,599 1 005,5 74,4 91.8 3 523.4 ~I 476,1 I 678.4 I 722,9 I 67.9 I 204,1 I 0,507 I 396.8 I 20,3 I 69,9 I 2 636,9 CHANGES (%1 February 1980 T M - 11,7 - 24 - 1,4 -7,4 -1,4 -11,5 -0,8 -0,9 -5.4 -3.4 F - 17 .s - 2:S - 1.5 -9,1 -2.4 - 13,1 -0,6 - 1,1 -9,1 -4,3 - 5,2 - 2,1 - 1.3 -4P - o.a - 9,7 -1,0 .:t:O -0.4 -2,1 March 1979 T M - 8,5 + 7,6 + 1,7 + 0.4 + 3,1 - 5,0 + 5.4 -3,3 -4,1 + 2,0 F - 9.8 + 1P - 0,3 -2.8 -4.3 - 11,2 + 1.9 -5,9 -6,3 - 1,3 - 7.2 + 13,7 + 4,4 + 6.9 + 7.8 + 2.4 +14,1 + 6.4 - 1,3 + 6,3 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (%of working population! October 1979 T M 3,0 6,7 7,6 4,1 9,3 0,8 5,3 7,3 4,7 5,6 F 2,1 4,9 6.4 3.4 5,4 0 5* 5.8 7.8* 3,7 4,7 4.4 9,5 10,5 5,7 16,0 1:4· 4,4 6.2* 6,1 7,1 November 1979 T M 3,1 6,7 7,5 4,1 9,2 0,8 5,2 7,5 5,6 F 2.3 4,9 6.2 3,6 5,3 o 5* 5,8 7 9* ~~ 4,7 4.4 9,4 10.4 5,5 15,9 1:3· 4.2 6:3· 6,1 7,0 December 1979 T M 3.4 6,6 7,7 4.3 9,2 0,8 5.2 7.8 5,5 5,7 F 2,6 4,9 6,3 3.8 5,3 0,6* 5,9 8,3* 5,0 4.9 4,6 9,3 10,6 5.4 15,8 1,3* 4.2 6,6* 6,2 7,0 January 1980 T M 4,0 6,7 8,1 4,6 9,1 0,8 5,6 8,1 5,9 6,1 F 3,5 5,0 6,7 4.3 5,3 06* 6,4 8,7* 5,6 5.4 4,9 9.4 11,0 5.2 15,5 (3* 4.5 6,7• 6,2 7,3 February 1980 T M 3.9 6,6 8,1 4.5 8,7 o.a 5,7 8.2 6,3 6,0 F 3,3 4,9 6,7 4.3 5,0 o,6* 6,5 8,7* 6,5 5,3 4,7 9,2 10.9 5P 15,1 1,3* 4,5 6,7* 6.2 7,1 March 1980 T 3,4 6.4 4.2 8,6 0,7 5,'1 8,1 6,0 5,8 M 8P 2,7 4,8 6,6 3,9 4,9 o,5* 6.5 8,6* 5,9 5,1 F 4,5 9,0 10,8 4.8 15,0 1,1* 4,5 6,7* 6,1 7,0 March 1979 3,7 5,9 7.8 4.2 8.4 0,7 5,4 8.4 6,2 5,7 3,0 4,7 6,6 4P 5,1 o.6* 6,3 9.2* 6,3 5,2 ~I 4.8 I 7.9 I.