WORLD’S UNEMPLOYED

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20743, 1 March 1939, Page 13

WORLD’S UNEMPLOYED

ANALYSIS OF THE RETURNB STATISTICS FROM GENEVA (Special to Times) GENEVA, January 20 World unemployment figures for the final quarter of 1938, which have just, been compiled by the International Labour Office, show that, compared with the corresponding quarter of 1937, unemployment has increased in 13 countries. The countries and the amount of increase in each are: Australia 947, Belgium 33,436, Canada 27,881, Chile 2488, Estonia 246, Finland 1248, France 38,405, Great Britain and Northern Ireland 328,900, Hungary 2467, Lithuania 310, Norway 967, Switzerland 10,840, United States 2,668,535. Eleven other countries show a decrease. They are: Czechoslovakia 11,858, Danzig 3043, Denmark 2003. Germany 420.191, Ireland 1191, Japan 669.079’ the Netherlands 21,762, New Zealand 14,979, Poland 30,590, Rumania 1053. Sweden 62. Compared, however, with the previous quarter of 1938, the figures show an increase of i t countries and a decline in six. For the remaining two countries, Estonia and New Zealand, third-quarter figures are not available. The countries showing an increase over the third quarter of 1938 and the amount of each are: Australia 3282, Belgium 9628, Chile 882, Danzig 937, Denmark 29.711, Finland 2435, France 34,625, Great Britain and Northern Ireland 68y861, Hungary 1959, Ireland 22,671. the Netherlands 17,074, Norway 8768, Poland 5652, Sweden 386 8. Those showing a decrease are: Canada 634, Czechoslovakia 25,622, ( Germany 14,861. Japan 35,583. Lithuania 818. Rumania 5617, Switzerland 1950, United States 969,498. Comparison with 1929 Index numbers of employment for the final quarter of 1938, which were made public at Ihe same time by the International Labour Office, disclose that 14 countries now have more persons in employment than in 1929. These are Australia, Estonia, Finland. Germany, Great Britain.' Hungary. Italy. Japan, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the Union of South Africa and Yugoslavia. Employment in the United States during the third quarter of 1938, the numbers show, stood at 84.4 per cent, of the 1929 figures. Compared with the final quarter of 1937 the figures show that employment has increased in 13 and declined in nine countries. The countries showing an increase and the percentage of increase in each were: Australia 1.3, Czechoslovakia 0.8, France 1.0, Germany 6.3, Hungary 7.7, Italy 4.2, Japan 13.3, Latvia 5.1. the Netherlands 2.2, Norway 1.0. Poland ! 5.5, the Union of South Africa 5.9, | and Yugoslavia 5.9. I Those showing a decrease and the j percentage for each are: Belgium 3.6, i Canada 8.9, Estonia 1.3. Finland 5.0, Great Britain 2.4. Luxembourg 2.2, Sweden 1.5, Switzerland 1.7, and the United States 16.7. In making public tbese statistics International Labour Office officials cautioned that since the methods of compiling them differ from country to country, regarding the sources from which they are derived and the latest dates for which they are available, they cannot he accepted as accurate measurements hut only as indicating trends.