Methodology

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

Target: 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

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

Concepts or definitions: The unemployment rate conveys the percentage of persons in the labor force who are unemployed. Persons in unemployment are defined as all those of working age (usually persons aged 15 and above) who were not in employment, carried out activities to seek employment during a specified recent period and were currently available to take up employment given a job opportunity.

Formula: The unemployment rate is calculated dividing the total number of unemployed persons in the labor force by the total number of persons in the labor force and multiplying this by a hundred (100).

Measure Unit: Percent

Reach: National

Initial period of historical sequence: 2016

Last period of historical sequence: 2017

Institution: Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

Contact: Ana Jara Castro, Statistical Projects Manager

Source: Tabla 2 - Estado de Empleo de la población civil no institucional por edad y sexo. Promedio años naturales 2016 y 2015 (Rev. Censo 2010) (en miles de personas de 16 años y más). Empleo y Desempleo en Puerto Rico, Promedio año natural 2016. Negociado de Estadísticas del Trabajo.

Tabla 2 - Estado de Empleo de la población civil no institucional por edad y sexo. Promedio años naturales 2018 y 2017 (Rev. Censo 2010) (en miles de personas de 16 años y más). Empleo y Desempleo en Puerto Rico, Promedio año natural 2018. Negociado de Estadísticas del Trabajo.

References: SDG Indicators: Metadata repository