Unit: percent
Source of data: Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy
Information about indicator
Name of the indicator
8.D.2 Long-term unemployment as a percentage of the total unemployment (aged 20-64) (LFS)
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 8. Decent work and economic growth
Priority
Professional activation, taking into account particularly socially vulnerable groups and shaping a friendly work environment
Definition
Percentage of registered unemployed persons who have been unemployed for more than 1 year since registering with the employment office in the total number of registered unemployed persons.
Unit
percent
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Registered unemployed persons are persons who are aged 18 or more and have not reached the retirement age, are not employed or performing any other kind of paid work, available for full- time work and are registered in the powiat labour office respective to the person's permanent or temporary place of residence, seeking employment or any other paid work.
Among the unemployed persons are included disabled persons—are able and ready to take employment at least half the full work-time required within a given occupation or service, are not attending any full-time school with the exception of schools for adults (or taking extra curriculum exam in such schools) or tertiary schools in the evening or weekend education system or seeking employment or any other paid work, with additional provisions concerning the sources of income, included in the mentioned law.
Detailed criteria defining a registered unemployed person are set out in the Act of 20 April 2004 on the promotion of employment and labour market institutions (Journal of Laws No. Journal of Laws 2024, item 475, as amended).
