The statistic shows the unemployment rate in New Zealand in 2020, by ethnicity. That year, around 3.7 percent of the European labor force in New Zealand were unemployed. Around 8.3 percent of the Maori labor force were unemployed for the same year.
Unemployment rate in New Zealand from in 2020, by ethnicity
Source: Stats NZ and licensed by Stats NZ for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
The unemployment rate is the number of people unemployed expressed as a percentage of the labor force. The labor force consists of all individuals of the working-age population who are either employed or unemployed. Unemployment is defined as being without paid work, where a person was available for and actively seeking work.
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Statistics New Zealand. (February 3, 2021). Unemployment rate in New Zealand from in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/728159/new-zealand-unemployment-rate-by-ethnicity/
Statistics New Zealand. "Unemployment rate in New Zealand from in 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. February 3, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/728159/new-zealand-unemployment-rate-by-ethnicity/
Statistics New Zealand. (2021). Unemployment rate in New Zealand from in 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/728159/new-zealand-unemployment-rate-by-ethnicity/
Statistics New Zealand. "Unemployment Rate in New Zealand from in 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/728159/new-zealand-unemployment-rate-by-ethnicity/
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