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CHART 2.12

Persons unemployed one year or longer, 2005
as a percent of total unemployment

  • Long-duration unemployment was least prevalent in Korea and Mexico.

  • The EU-15 countries combined had a relatively high percentage of persons unemployed one year or longer. More than half of the unemployed were without work for at least one year in Germany and Italy.

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Persons unemployed one year or longer, 2005 as a percent of total unemployment

NOTE: 2004 for Sweden.

SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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