Long-term unemployment rate, % of active population aged 15-74

The long-term unemployment rate is the number of persons unemployed for 12 months or longer, expressed as a percentage of the labour force (the total number of people employed and unemployed). Unemployed persons are those aged 15 to 74 who meet all three of the following conditions: were not employed during the reference week; were available to start working within two weeks after the reference week; and have actively sought work in the four weeks prior to the reference week or have already found a job to begin within the next three months. The MIP auxiliary indicator is expressed as a percentage of the active population aged 15 to 74 years. In the table, the values are also presented as changes over a three-year period (in percentage points). The data source is the quarterly EU Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS), which covers the resident population living in private households.