Abstract
This brief seeks to provide a comprehensive picture of labour underutilization, complementing the unemployment rate with other relevant labour underutilization measures. It describes the global and regional unemployment trends and explores labour underutilization among employed persons and among persons outside the labour force (the potential labour force). Four different labour underutilization indicators are analysed, followed by a quick study of the composition of labour underutilization. Finally, the brief examines employed persons holding jobs for which they are overqualified.