Labour Market and Migration Statistics 
Economic activity and unemployment rates
Unemployment rates by sex, educational level attained and time of residence in the township
Units: percentage

	Total	Less than 1 year	Between 1 and less than 3 years	Between 3 and less than 5 years	5 or more years	
Both sexes	
    Total	
        2013	27.16	40.00	32.69	31.90	25.86	
        2012	24.44	34.88	30.17	26.76	23.25	
        2011	21.29	28.91	26.49	24.22	20.13	
        2010	20.05	30.45	25.46	23.74	18.53	
    Primary education and lower	
        2013	41.51	48.62	53.80	49.91	39.57	
        2012	36.89	46.60	46.50	39.38	35.26	
        2011	31.22	34.31	38.62	39.83	29.42	
        2010	30.07	41.66	38.30	40.14	27.50	
    First stage of Secondary Education	
        2013	34.37	48.87	38.81	40.24	33.20	
        2012	31.48	45.80	37.59	35.04	30.23	
        2011	27.26	39.16	33.10	31.93	25.94	
        2010	25.93	41.83	37.11	31.83	23.75	
    Second stage of Secondary Education	
        2013	26.61	46.13	34.28	31.59	24.63	
        2012	24.09	37.37	32.14	27.34	22.16	
        2011	21.13	31.21	27.20	23.27	19.65	
        2010	18.82	28.20	23.22	22.46	17.24	
    Higher education	
        2013	16.86	24.93	21.04	20.86	15.88	
        2012	14.16	20.28	17.53	14.89	13.51	
        2011	12.39	18.18	16.40	13.59	11.58	
        2010	11.27	18.27	13.69	11.91	10.56	
Men	
    Total	
        2013	26.78	38.57	31.26	30.61	25.72	
        2012	24.09	33.06	30.98	27.05	22.81	
        2011	20.76	27.59	25.39	23.47	19.76	
        2010	19.96	29.06	26.33	24.96	18.31	
    Primary education and lower	
        2013	41.64	50.43	54.83	47.70	39.96	
        2012	37.17	44.50	50.18	41.04	35.20	
        2011	31.49	34.66	37.93	39.44	29.85	
        2010	30.54	37.22	38.98	41.36	28.23	
    First stage of Secondary Education	
        2013	33.28	43.60	38.10	39.77	32.22	
        2012	30.57	43.82	38.66	31.99	29.39	
        2011	25.77	36.68	31.87	30.54	24.55	
        2010	24.80	42.01	38.51	31.76	22.38	
    Second stage of Secondary Education	
        2013	25.62	45.56	29.75	28.22	24.20	
        2012	22.54	33.79	31.41	28.36	20.31	
        2011	19.09	26.74	25.17	21.49	17.77	
        2010	17.64	24.55	23.26	23.97	15.71	
    Higher education	
        2013	15.17	23.53	18.98	19.12	14.22	
        2012	12.64	17.32	15.11	14.58	12.06	
        2011	11.54	16.57	14.65	11.23	11.04	
        2010	10.63	16.78	12.80	11.41	9.98	
Women	
    Total	
        2013	27.61	41.61	34.27	33.28	26.03	
        2012	24.86	37.06	29.24	26.47	23.77	
        2011	21.94	30.35	27.74	25.10	20.59	
        2010	20.16	32.09	24.47	22.26	18.81	
    Primary education and lower	
        2013	41.34	46.84	52.61	52.42	39.00	
        2012	36.48	50.51	41.03	37.60	35.35	
        2011	30.81	33.66	39.54	40.51	28.78	
        2010	29.32	48.33	37.29	38.41	26.28	
    First stage of Secondary Education	
        2013	35.99	55.79	39.82	40.91	34.70	
        2012	32.85	48.56	36.04	38.96	31.52	
        2011	29.55	42.76	34.66	33.83	28.17	
        2010	27.67	41.59	35.28	31.94	25.89	
    Second stage of Secondary Education	
        2013	27.69	46.79	38.64	35.06	25.10	
        2012	25.81	41.02	32.96	26.19	24.22	
        2011	23.45	35.41	29.41	25.23	21.84	
        2010	20.23	32.35	23.19	20.64	19.10	
    Higher education	
        2013	18.48	26.31	23.08	22.44	17.47	
        2012	15.61	23.24	19.71	15.15	14.93	
        2011	13.22	19.56	18.15	15.77	12.12	
        2010	11.90	19.73	14.57	12.39	11.14	
Notes:
1) Data of the period always refers to the first quarter of each year
Source: National Statistics Institute