°Unemployment
	Unemployed and underemployed in % of the econ. active population 1980–2007
	Unemployed persons (international definition)	Registered unemployed persons (Seco)	Registered job seekers (Seco)	Part-time unemployed persons (Seco)	Underemployed persons (SFSO)
1980		0.2
1981		0.2
1982		0.5
1983		0.9
1984		1.1
1985		1.0
1986		0.8
1987		0.8
1988		0.7
1989		0.6
1990		0.6	0.5
1991	1.8	1.1	1.1		5.0
1992	2.8	2.5	2.6		5.6
1993	3.7	4.5	4.7	0.5	5.6
1994	3.9	4.7	5.1	0.6	5.8
1995	3.3	4.2	4.8	0.6	6.0
1996	3.7	4.7	5.7	0.6	7.2
1997	4.1	5.2	6.8	0.7	8.0
1998	3.6	3.9	6.0	0.6	7.8
1999	3.1	2.7	4.7	0.5	8.2
2000	2.7	1.8	3.2	0.3	8.1
2001	2.5	1.7	2.8	0.3	8.3
2002	2.9	2.5	3.8	0.4	8.8
2003	4.1	3.7	5.2	0.6	9.0
2004	4.3	3.9	5.6	0.6	5.7
2005	4.4	3.8	5.5	0.6	6.1
2006	4.0	3.3	5.0	0.6	6.1
2007	3.6	2.8	4.2	0.5	6.2
	Unemployed in % of econ. active population by country 1980–2006 (internat. definition)
	CH	DE*	FR	UK	US	SE	ES
1955					4.4
1956					4.1
1957					4.3
1958					6.8
1959					5.5
1960					5.5
1961					6.7
1962					5.5
1963					5.7
1964					5.2
1965					4.5
1966					3.8
1967					3.8
1968					3.6
1969					3.5
1970					4.9	1.5
1971				3.4	5.9	2.5
1972				3.7	5.6	2.7
1973				2.7	4.9	2.4
1974				2.6	5.6	2.0
1975				4.1	8.5	1.6
1976				5.4	7.7	1.6
1977				5.8	7.1	1.8
1978		3.0	4.7	5.7	6.1	2.2	6.0
1979		2.7	5.3	4.7	5.8	2.1	7.7
1980		2.6	5.5	5.8	7.1	2.1	8.9
1981		4.0	6.6	8.8	7.6	2.6	11.0
1982		5.7	7.4	10.1	9.7	3.3	13.0
1983		6.9	7.8	10.8	9.6	3.7	14.3
1984		7.1	9.2	10.9	7.5	3.3	16.7
1985		7.2	9.7	11.2	7.2	2.9	17.8
1986		6.5	9.8	11.2	7.0	2.7	17.5
1987		6.3	9.9	10.3	6.2	2.2	16.8
1988		6.2	9.4	8.5	5.5	1.8	15.8
1989		5.6	8.9	7.1	5.3	1.5	13.9
1990		4.8	8.5	6.9	5.6	1.7	13.0
1991	1.9	4.2	9.0	8.6	6.8	3.1	13.0
1992	3.0	6.4	9.9	9.8	7.5	5.6	14.7
1993	3.9	7.7	11.1	10.2	6.9	9.0	18.3
1994	3.9	8.3	11.7	9.3	6.1	9.4	19.5
1995	3.5	8.0	11.1	8.5	5.6	8.8	18.4
1996	3.9	8.5	11.6	7.9	5.4	9.6	17.8
1997	4.2	9.2	11.5	6.8	4.9	9.9	16.7
1998	3.6	8.8	11.1	6.1	4.5	8.2	15.0
1999	3.0	7.9	10.5	5.9	4.2	6.7	12.5
2000	2.7	7.2	9.1	5.3	4.0	5.6	11.1
2001	2.6	7.4	8.4	5.0	4.7	4.9	10.3
2002	3.2	8.2	8.7	5.1	5.8	4.9	11.1
2003	4.2	9.1	9.4	4.9	6.0	5.6	11.1
2004	4.4	9.5	9.6	4.7	5.5	6.3	10.6
2005	4.5	9.5	9.7	4.8	5.1	7.3	9.2
2006	4.0	8.4	9.4	5.3	4.6	7.0	8.6
DE*: before 1991 only West Germany
	Experience of unemployment: people affected in % of total population by country
	Unemployed at least once (up to 2006)	Unemployed at least once between 2002 and 2006
FR	35.3	15.6
ES	32.3	15.2
DE	29.1	15.9
SE	26.7	12.4
UK	23.6	9.9
CH	11.9	6.7