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Most long-term unemployed remain unemployed from month to month

% of long-term unemployed in the previous month 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Jan. 2017 2018 2019 2020 Sept. 2021 EmployedEmployed UnemployedUnemployed Not in the labour forceNot in the labour force
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), custom tabulation.

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Most long-term unemployed remain unemployed from month to month, % of long-term unemployed in the previous month
  Employed Unemployed Not in the labour force
January 2017 10.3 73.9 15.8
February 2017 8.1 75.9 16.0
March 2017 11.8 77.6 10.6
April 2017 9.3 71.0 19.7
May 2017 14.9 71.6 13.5
June 2017 12.4 73.3 14.3
July 2017 11.3 71.8 16.8
August 2017 11.3 74.7 14.0
September 2017 11.6 70.6 17.7
October 2017 10.1 77.2 12.7
November 2017 9.8 73.2 17.0
December 2017 10.6 77.5 12.0
January 2018 12.9 64.6 22.6
February 2018 11.8 74.6 13.6
March 2018 8.2 71.8 20.0
April 2018 15.3 70.2 14.6
May 2018 8.9 75.5 15.7
June 2018 12.9 74.3 12.9
July 2018 12.2 69.7 18.1
August 2018 8.5 79.0 12.5
September 2018 11.0 74.4 14.6
October 2018 15.2 70.5 14.3
November 2018 14.7 67.9 17.3
December 2018 11.2 71.6 17.2
January 2019 9.1 75.9 15.0
February 2019 7.1 75.7 17.2
March 2019 6.9 78.0 15.0
April 2019 12.7 70.4 16.9
May 2019 15.7 62.1 22.2
June 2019 12.0 70.9 17.1
July 2019 13.0 70.9 16.2
August 2019 15.8 69.4 14.8
September 2019 17.3 64.8 17.9
October 2019 7.8 67.4 24.8
November 2019 15.3 64.4 20.3
December 2019 9.6 68.8 21.6
January 2020 9.6 69.9 20.5
February 2020 7.8 76.3 15.9
March 2020 11.1 62.1 26.8
April 2020 2.7 59.9 37.3
May 2020 10.6 65.9 23.4
June 2020 14.9 68.4 16.7
July 2020 12.0 74.7 13.4
August 2020 7.8 74.3 17.9
September 2020 16.3 68.3 15.4
October 2020 17.8 67.0 15.2
November 2020 13.0 72.6 14.5
December 2020 10.8 74.9 14.3
January 2021 11.0 70.5 18.5
February 2021 11.6 70.5 17.9
March 2021 12.0 74.4 13.6
April 2021 11.5 75.1 13.5
May 2021 11.0 75.9 13.2
June 2021 15.8 69.9 14.3
July 2021 11.5 75.8 12.7
August 2021 11.4 73.8 14.7
September 2021 14.1 73.1 12.7
Source(s):
Labour Force Survey (3701), custom tabulation.
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