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Originally posted by bobosoft
5% unemployment ratio does not mean 5% of this country is unemployed. It means 5% of this country is seeking employment through a government agency.
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It's referring to the % of the labor force that's unemployed. I assumed that's counting all adults medically and otherwise capable of working, between the ages of 18 and 65, with the exception of students.
That's how they count it here, anyway.