Sustainable Development Goals - 17 Goals to Transform our World
Decent jobs and economic growth - Goal 8

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

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Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities

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Year Units Value
2019 Percent by Race/Ethnicity 5.3
2019 Percent by Gender 5.3
2019 Percent by Disability Status 5.3
2018 Percent by Race/Ethnicity 6.0
2018 Percent by Gender 6.0
2018 Percent by Disability Status 6.0
2017 Percent by Race/Ethnicity 6.3
2017 Percent by Gender 6.3
2017 Percent by Disability Status 6.3
2016 Percent by Race/Ethnicity 6.7
2016 Percent by Gender 6.7
2016 Percent by Disability Status 6.7
2015 Percent by Race/Ethnicity 7.2
2015 Percent by Gender 7.2
2015 Percent by Disability Status 7.2
2014 Percent by Race/Ethnicity 9.0
2014 Percent by Gender 9.0
2014 Percent by Disability Status 9.0
2013 Percent by Race/Ethnicity 10.7
2013 Percent by Gender 10.7
2013 Percent by Disability Status 10.7

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from City of Los Angeles statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Angeleno statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Angeleno-specific metadata information.

Indicator available
Indicator description
Local target
Geographical coverage

City of Los Angeles
Unit of measurement

Percentage
Definitions
Calculations
Disaggregation Categories

disability status, gender, race
WCCD/ISO 37120 Indicators on City Data Alignment

Aligns to WCCD 5.1-City’s Unemployment Rate; and 5.5 - Youth Unemployment Rate
Other information
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
Indicator number

8.5.2
Target name

By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
Target number

8.5
Global indicator description

The unemployment rate is a useful measure of the underutilization of the labour supply. It reflects the inability of an economy to generate employment for those persons who want to work but are not doing so, even though they are available for employment and actively seeking work. It is thus seen as an indicator of the efficiency and effectiveness of an economy to absorb its labour force and of the performance of the labour market. Short-term time series of the unemployment rate can be used to signal changes in the business cycle; upward movements in the indicator often coincide with recessionary periods or in some cases with the beginning of an expansionary period as persons previously not in the labour market begin to test conditions through an active job search.
UN designated tier

1
UN custodian agency

International labour organization (ILO)
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Organisation

United States Census Bureau
Periodicity
Earliest available data
Geographical coverage

City of Los Angeles
Link to data source
Release date
Next release
Statistical classification
Contact details
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