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Unemployment rate by Census 2021


Definition:

Share of the unemployed by Census 2021 (of a given category) in the economically active population by Census 2021 (of a given category).



In the Census 2021, the definition applies to unemployed (aged 15-74 years) and economically active persons (aged 15 years or more), being the sum of employed and unemployed persons.


Source:
  • Regulation (EC) No 763/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on population and housing censuses
    Place of publication: (Dz. Urz. UE L 218 z 13.08.2008, str. 14)
  • Act of 9 August 2019 on the National Census of Population and Housing 2021
    Place of publication: (Dz. U. z 2021 r. poz. 1143, z późn. zm.)

Contact person on methodology:
GUS – Departament Badań Społecznych i Rynku Pracy
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