Table 1

Descriptive statistics (period averages) for unemployment replacement rate, unemployment, male suicide rate per 100 000 (20–64 years), and female suicide rate per 100 000 (20–64 years)

	Observation period	Unemployment replacement rate* (%)	Unemployment (%)	Suicide rate per 100 000 (20–64 years)†
	Observation period	Unemployment replacement rate* (%)	Unemployment (%)	Females	Males
Eastern European countries
Bulgaria	1990–2012		11.61	6.42	19.26
Croatia	1991–2012		12.93	9.31	32.73
Czech Republic	1993–2012		6.46	9.54	35.11
Estonia	1990–2012		8.86	11.00	61.80
Hungary	1992–2012		8.53	17.70	60.59
Latvia	1992–2012		11.68	11.31	64.02
Lithuania	1994–2010		12.91	14.08	88.94
Poland	1992–2011		13.36	5.25	31.14
Romania	1990–2011		7.45	4.62	25.60
Slovakia	1994–2010		14.49	4.06	27.78
Slovenia	1996–2010		6.61	12.62	51.61
Period average		56.10	10.45	9.92	44.64
Southern European countries
Greece	1983–2010		9.83	1.95	6.01
Italy	1960–2010		8.31	3.76	10.35
Portugal	1974–2011		6.62	4.23	14.92
Spain	1972–2011		14.30	3.11	10.21
Period average		55.11	9.69	3.27	10.39
Anglo-Saxon countries
Australia	1960–2011		5.45	9.01	25.16
Canada	1960–2009		7.53	7.99	25.1
Ireland	1960–2010		9.15	4.76	16.81
UK	1960–2010		5.79	6.17	14.84
USA	1960–2010		6.08	7.49	23.63
Period average		61.32	6.80	7.09	21.11
Bismarckian
Austria	1960–2011		3.07	12.49	37.92
Belgium	1960–2009		7.40	12.31	29.46
France	1960–2010		6.51	10.67	30.87
Germany	1960–2012		5.30	11.13	28.22
Switzerland	1960–2010		1.64	13.05	34.61
The Netherlands	1960–2011		4.80	8.14	14.50
Period average		71.00	4.78	11.29	29.24
Scandinavian countries
Denmark	1960–2011		5.38	16.25	32.79
Finland	1960–2011		6.25	13.27	50.89
Norway	1960–2012		2.81	7.86	21.92
Sweden	1960–2010		4.32	12.32	30.27
Period average		72.10	4.69	12.4	33.93

*The fraction of current wages which the social unemployment benefit system provides to a wage earner in the case of unemployment. Average for the period 1992–2009 for Eastern European countries, and 1971–2009 for other country groups.26
†Suicide data are missing 1997–1998 for Poland, 2004–2005 for Italy and 2000–2002 for Belgium.