Number of long-term unemployed in %, county level

The share of the category of unemployed (here long-term unemployed) is shown as a proportion of the total unemployed. The annual average values were used for the calculation. The unemployed are persons who — temporarily not in an employment relationship or only for less than 15 hours full weekly employment (unemployment); — looking for an employment subject to insurance, at least 15 hours a week (Own efforts), — be available to the mediation efforts of the Employment Agency or the Job Center, i.e. be able to work and be ready for work (availability); — resident in the Federal Republic of Germany, — are not younger than 15 years and have not yet reached the retirement age limit; and — have personally registered with an agency for work or a job centre without work. For persons in need of assistance under the SGB II, the definition of unemployment in Paragraph 16 of the SGB III applies mutatis mutandis under Paragraph 53a(1) of the SGB II.