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Unemployment rate stable in 2011

The average unemployment rate in 2011 was the same as in 2010, according to the latest figures released by Statistics Netherlands.

Insights
 An average 5,4 percent of the labour force were unemployed in 2011, the same rate as in 2010
 Unemployment rate among 15 to 25-year-olds was nearly 2 percent down than in 2010
 Unemployment rate among over-25s was marginally higher than in 2010

Unemployment rate in 2011
 January - June: hardly changed
 July - October: grew
 November - December: remained stable

Note that unemployment dropped throughout 2010.

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