Statistical Telegram. Monthly Statistics of the registered unemployed in the community, December 1980.

Abstract

In the Community of nine, 7.9 million persons were registered as unemployed at the end of December 1980, representing 7.2% of the civilian working population. The position has thus continued to deteriorate during the month of December, to an extent very much exceeding the normal seasonal rise. In the Community as a whole, unemployment rose by 4. 2% between November and December 1980. All member countries showed an increase although this varied very much between the different countries. In a single month unemployment went up by 15.$% in the F.R. of Germany, 10% in Denmark, 8.7% in the Nether-lands and 7.9% in Luxembourg. These high rates of increase are in continuation of those observed in these countries since September: unemployment has risen in three months by 36% in the F.R. of Germany, by 35% in Luxembourg, by 33% in Denmark and by 20% in the Netherlands. Ireland, with a very high rate of unemployment, nevertheless recorded a continuing increase (+ 6.3% and+ 15.7% by reference to November and September 1980}. However, for the other countries having high unemployment rates, the numbers of registered unemployed appear to be rising much more slowly (United Kingdom + 3.3%, France and Belgium + 1.2%, Italy + o. &fo).