2.1.19. Unemployed persons by length of job search (2009–)*

(thousands)

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Year Less than 1 1–3 4–6 7–11 12 13–18 19–23 24 25 and more Persons, who did not look for job, because have already found a job, and will begin to work in a new job within 90 days Total
month(s)
Total
2009 18.7 71.3 66.5 77.4 18.4 51.3 19.4 7.7 78.9 7.8 417.4
2010 16.9 65.4 62.3 83.5 23.1 74.7 30.6 12.0 93.7 6.9 469.1
2011 28.9 70.4 62.7 70.0 18.0 64.6 28.9 11.2 103.7 7.0 465.4
2012 39.2 63.9 63.1 80.5 22.2 59.5 24.4 12.1 100.9 7.1 472.8
2013 47.8 49.0 53.7 62.1 25.2 49.8 25.6 19.5 97.1 10.3 440.2
2014 36.5 41.4 44.9 46.1 19.0 35.1 15.5 13.7 82.7 8.0 342.9
2015 30.9 43.1 38.6 44.0 18.4 30.0 12.3 11.5 70.0 8.9 307.7
2016 28.6 29.8 29.3 29.4 12.2 24.1 10.8 9.6 52.9 7.6 234.5
2017 24.1 29.8 26.0 25.2 9.2 19.0 7.5 6.5 35.8 8.4 191.6
2018 22.3 26.7 24.7 21.6 9.5 14.7 6.0 5.7 30.7 9.9 171.8
2019 24.3 26.3 25.8 21.6 8.2 12.7 4.5 5.1 21.4 9.0 158.9
2020a 38.9 36.6 30.1 27.7 10.5 13.4 5.9 5.3 17.3 12.0 197.6
Male
2009 11.0 40.3 36.6 41.5 9.9 26.8 10.1 4.4 46.4 4.8 231.8
2010 8.3 37.0 35.4 45.7 13.4 41.5 17.2 6.9 52.8 3.5 261.7
2011 14.3 38.6 34.1 38.1 9.3 36.5 15.5 6.1 54.6 4.3 251.5
2012 21.7 35.4 34.7 43.5 11.7 33.1 14.0 7.3 56.0 4.6 262.1
2013 25.4 27.2 29.4 33.1 14.9 27.6 12.7 9.8 54.1 5.1 239.3
2014 17.1 21.6 24.1 25.2 10.1 18.0 8.2 7.4 46.0 4.1 181.7
2015 16.1 21.7 20.0 22.3 9.5 15.5 6.4 6.3 39.5 4.6 161.9
2016 14.5 15.9 16.9 17.5 6.9 12.3 5.0 5.5 29.0 4.0 127.5
2017 10.7 14.2 12.7 14.3 4.7 10.9 4.3 2.8 16.8 4.3 95.7
2018 11.1 13.6 11.9 10.4 5.3 8.1 3.3 2.9 16.3 5.2 88.1
2019 13.0 13.9 14.6 11.6 4.0 7.5 2.7 2.5 11.5 4.7 86.1
2020a 19.5 20.4 14.7 14.7 5.3 8.2 3.6 3.0 8.8 6.0 104.2
Female
2009 7.6 31.1 29.8 35.9 8.5 24.4 9.3 3.3 32.6 3.1 185.6
2010 8.6 28.3 26.9 37.8 9.7 33.2 13.4 5.1 40.9 3.5 207.4
2011 14.6 31.8 28.6 31.9 8.7 28.1 13.3 5.0 49.0 2.7 214.0
2012 17.4 28.5 28.3 37.0 10.5 26.3 10.4 4.8 44.9 2.5 210.7
2013 22.5 21.8 24.3 29.0 10.3 22.2 12.9 9.7 43.1 5.2 201.0
2014 19.4 19.8 20.8 20.9 8.9 17.1 7.3 6.3 36.8 4.0 161.1
2015 14.8 21.4 18.6 21.7 8.9 14.5 5.9 5.1 30.4 4.3 145.7
2016 14.1 13.8 12.4 11.9 5.4 11.7 5.8 4.2 24.0 3.6 107.0
2017 13.4 15.6 13.3 10.8 4.4 8.2 3.2 3.7 19.0 4.2 95.8
2018 11.3 13.1 12.8 11.2 4.1 6.5 2.7 2.8 14.4 4.7 83.7
2019 11.3 12.3 11.2 10.0 4.2 5.2 1.8 2.6 9.9 4.3 72.8
2020a 19.4 16.3 15.4 13.0 5.2 5.1 2.4 2.3 8.4 6.0 93.4
*Source: Labour Force Survey, HCSO.  aOn 23 March 2021 data correction was made on data.  Revised data 

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