unemployment

Get global unemployment data.

Examples

from openbb import obb
obb.economy.unemployment(provider='oecd')
obb.economy.unemployment(country='all', frequency='quarter', provider='oecd')
# Demographics for the statistics are selected with the `age` parameter.
obb.economy.unemployment(country='all', frequency='quarter', age=total, provider='oecd')

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Parameters

• standard
• oecd

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
country	Union[str, List[str]]	The country to get data. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): oecd.	united_states	True
frequency	Literal['monthly', 'quarter', 'annual']	The frequency of the data.	monthly	True
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
country	str	The country to get data.	united_states	True
frequency	Literal['monthly', 'quarter', 'annual']	The frequency of the data.	monthly	True
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
sex	Literal['total', 'male', 'female']	Sex to get unemployment for.	total	True
age	Literal['total', '15-24', '25+']	Age group to get unemployment for. Total indicates 15 years or over	total	True
seasonal_adjustment	bool	Whether to get seasonally adjusted unemployment. Defaults to False.	False	True

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Returns

OBBject
    results : List[Unemployment]
        Serializable results.

    provider : Optional[Literal['oecd']]
        Provider name.

    warnings : Optional[List[Warning_]]
        List of warnings.

    chart : Optional[Chart]
        Chart object.

    extra : Dict[str, Any]
        Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• oecd

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
country	str	Country for which unemployment rate is given
value	float	Unemployment rate, as a normalized percent.

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
country	str	Country for which unemployment rate is given
value	float	Unemployment rate, as a normalized percent.