MODERNISATION OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN LATVIA
Unemployment
Table 16. Registered unemployment and unemployment by Labour Force Survey
Year
Rate of registered unemployment at the end of year (%) Rate of job seekers to the economically active population, in November of year (%) Total
Males
Females
1995
6.4
18.9
18.0
19.7
1996
7.2
18.3
17.7
18.9
1997
7.0
14.4
14.6
14.3
1998
9.2
13.8
13.5
14.1
1999
9.1
14.5
15.5
13.3
Source: CSB data and SES data
Table 17. Unemployment rate by age, November 1999
Job seekers, thsd population Unemployment rate ( november,1999)
Total in the country Urban areas Rural areas Total in the country Urban areas Rural areas 15-19 11.2
8.2
3.1
36.6
42.9
27.0
20-24 23.7
17.7
6
21.3
22.2
19.2
25-34 41.9
31.8
10
14.2
15.0
11.9
35-44 45.2
37.4
7.8
13.9
16.1
8.5
45-54 33.1
2.7
6
13.5
14.9
9.4
55-59 6.8
4.8
1.9
8.2
8.4
7.5
60 and more 5.5
4.7
0.8
8.2
11.3
3.1
Total 167.3
131.7
35.6
14.5
16.0
10.7
Source: Labour force in Latvia. Labour force survey data, November 1999. A statistical bulletin. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2000.Table 18. Registered unemployment rate by educational attainment (percentage)
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Total 100
100
100
100
100
Of which: Higher 5.9
6.0
6.1
6.8
7.1
Secondary vocational 21.1
21.3
21.7
21.4
21.4
Vocational 12.3
14.6
16.3
16.6
17.7
General secondary 34.1
33.4
30.2
31.3
30.9
Basic, incomplete basic 26.6
24.7
25.7
23.9
22.9
Source: SES data
Table 19. Job seekers by duration of job-seeking and gender (in thousands), 1999
Total in the country
Urban areas
Rural areas
Total Males Females Total Males Females Total Males Females Total 167.3
94.4
72.9
131.7
73.3
58.4
35.6
21.1
14.5
By duration of job seeking Under 1 month 1.8
1.4
0.4
1.4
1.2
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.1
1 - 2 months 19.4
10.6
8.8
17.0
9.4
7.6
2.4
1.2
1.2
3 - 5 months 19.6
13.2
6.4
15.6
10.7
4.9
4.0
2.5
1.5
6 –12 months 30.0
17.7
12.3
23.7
14.0
9.7
6.4
3.7
2.6
1 - 2 years 40.1
23.2
17.0
33.9
19.7
14.3
6.2
3.5
2.7
3 - 4 years 18.5
10.3
8.3
15.0
7.8
7.3
3.5
2.5
1.0
5 years and more 27.6
13.1
14.5
19.8
8.5
11.2
7.8
4.5
3.3
Source: Labour force in Latvia. Labour force survey data, November 1999. A statistical bulletin. Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia. Riga, March 2000.Table 20: Registered unemployment rate of VET school graduates, % of total, 1995 – 1999
1997 1.2 1998 0.7 1999 0.5 2000 0.5 Source: SES data