Editing Discouraged worker (section)

==European Union==
Unemployment statistics published according to the ILO methodology may understate actual unemployment in the economy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/mar/17/10-things-unemployment-statistics|title=10 things you didn't know about the unemployment statistics|work=The Guardian|date=17 March 2010|access-date=15 October 2014}}</ref> The EU statistical bureau EUROSTAT started publishing figures on discouraged workers in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-11-057/EN/KS-SF-11-057-EN.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-11-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204123802/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_OFFPUB/KS-SF-11-057/EN/KS-SF-11-057-EN.PDF |archive-date=2013-12-04 }}</ref> According to the method used by EUROSTAT there are 3 categories that make up discouraged workers;
* underemployed part-time workers
* jobless persons seeking a job but not immediately available for work,
* persons available for work but not seeking it

The first group are contained in the employed statistics of the European Labour Force Survey while the second two are contained in the inactive persons statistics of that survey.
In 2012 there were 9.2 million underemployed part-time workers, 2.3 million jobless persons seeking a job but not immediately available for work, and 8.9 million persons available for work but not seeking it, an increase of 0.6 million for underemployed and 0.3 million for the two groups making up discouraged workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_explained/index.php/Unemployment_and_underemployment_statistics|title=Unemployment and beyond|access-date=15 October 2014}}</ref>

If the discouraged workers and underemployed are added to official unemployed statistics Spain has the highest number real unemployed (8.4 Million), followed by Italy (6.4 Million), United Kingdom (5.5 Million), France (4.8 Million) and Germany (3.6 Million).

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|+ List of EU countries hidden unemployment in 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-19042013-BP/EN/3-19042013-BP-EN.PDF |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-11-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228054303/http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/cache/ITY_PUBLIC/3-19042013-BP/EN/3-19042013-BP-EN.PDF |archive-date=2013-12-28 }}</ref>
!'''Country'''
!'''Underemployed Part-time workers<br>Thousands'''
!'''Jobless persons seeking a job but not immediately available for work <br> Thousands'''
!'''Persons available for work but not seeking it <br>Thousands'''
!'''Unemployed<br>Thousands'''
|-
|{{flag|Belgium}}|| 158 || 100 || 60 ||369
|-
|{{flag|Bulgaria}}|| 29 || 270 || 26 ||410
|-
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}|| 27 || 62 || 17 ||367
|-
|{{flag|Denmark}}|| 88 || 69 || 24 ||219
|-
| {{flag|Germany}}|| 1,810 || 582 || 508 ||2,316
|-
|{{flag|Estonia}}|| 10 || 41 || 3 ||71
|-
|{{flag|Ireland}}|| 147 || 44 || 13 ||316
|-
|{{flag|Greece}}|| 190 || 91 || 36 ||1,204
|-
|{{flag|Spain}}||1,385 || 1,071 || 236 ||5,769
|-
|{{flag|France}}|| 1,144 || 285 || 444 ||3,002
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}|| 605 || 2,975 || 111 ||2,744
|-
|{{flag|Cyprus}}|| 20 || 15 || 3||52
|-
|{{flag|Latvia}}|| 44 || 67 || 6 ||155
|-
|{{flag|Lithuania}}|| 37 || 16 ||  ||197
|-
|{{flag|Luxembourg}}|| 5 || 13 || 2 ||13
|-
|{{flag|Hungary}}|| 88 || 215 || 11 ||476
|-
|{{flag|Malta}}|| 5 || 5 ||  ||12
|-
|{{flag|Netherlands}}|| 138 || 308 || 85 ||469
|-
|{{flag|Austria}}|| 148 || 144 || 39 ||189
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}|| 344 || 632 || 102 ||1,749
|-
|{{flag|Portugal}}|| 256 || 232 || 29 ||860
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|{{flag|Romania}}||239 || 458 || ||701
|-
|{{flag|Slovenia}}|| 18 || 13 || ||90
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|{{flag|Slovakia}}|| 37 || 41 || 13 ||378
|-
|{{flag|Finland}}|| 75 || 111 || 63 ||207
|-
|{{flag|Sweden}}|| 237 || 134 || 101 ||403
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}|| 1,907 || 774 || 334 ||2,511
|-
|{{flag|Norway}}|| 81 || 67 || 22 ||85
|-
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