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Table TDI-20. Unemployment rates among new and all clients entering outpatient and inpatient treatment in 2005 and in the general population [see all tables in this series...]

Part (i) New clients entering outpatient treatment

Country		% of unemployed people among all drug clients	Unemployment rate in general population 15-64 (%)	Total drug clients employed + unemployed
Bulgaria		50.0	8.9	92
Czech Republic		60.7	7.2	506
Denmark		69.2	3.8	952
Germany		43.0	8.4	9798
Ireland		59.8	4.4	1100
Greece		56.8		826
Spain	(1)	35.4	8.6	19475
France		40.1	9.0	1605
Italy		23.3		30368
Cyprus		65.6	4.9	131
Latvia		28.0	6.9	82
Malta		50.6	7.4	265
Netherlands		45.3	3.9	2704
Portugal		58.7	7.4	3987
Slovakia		66.7	13.3	273
Finland		76.7	7.7	258
Sweden		51.1	7.1	362
Total		34.8	7.3	72784

Notes:

Only countries supplying data are reported.

Unemployment rate represents unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force = active population. The labour force is the total of people employed and unemployed. The population base is that estimated for 2006.

(1) Data refer to 2004.

See also 'General notes for interpreting data' on the Explanatory notes and help page.

Sources:

2006 Reitox national reports - TDI - outpatient treatment centres.

For population see EUROSTAT - Demographic data 2006

See also Table TDI-13 for all clients by labour status.