Unemployment law, benefits by region, age and gender, 1998-2015

The table provides insight into the number of benefits under the Unemployment Act (WW). In addition to data on the number of benefits at the beginning and end of the reporting period, the table shows the administrative difference at the end of the reporting period and on termination of the benefit the duration of the benefit. From 1 July 2015, the name of the municipality of De Friese Lakes was changed to De Fryske Marren. This amendment is/is incorporated into the table from 1 January 2016. The data are broken down according to the following personal and benefit characteristics: — gender; — age; — region. Data available from: The first quarter of 1998 to the fourth quarter 2015. Status of the figures: Data from the first quarter of 1998 to the third quarter of 2015 are final. The data for the fourth quarter of 2015 are provisional. As this table has been discontinued, the data will no longer be definitive. Changes as of 31 August 2016: None, this table has been discontinued. When are new figures coming? No longer applicable.