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For the most part EU countries are using or will use the ILO definition in the near future. Euro-stats uses the ILO definition but caps the age group at 74. The latest Eurostat memo states:

Current deviations from definition of unemployment in the EU Labour Force Survey
Spain, United Kingdom: Unemployment is restricted to persons aged 16-74. In Spain the legal age limit for working is 16.
Netherlands: Persons without a job, who are available for work and looking for a job are only included in unemployment if they express that they would like to work.
The remaining deviations will disappear as Member States adapt their surveys to the new definitions. The other Member States already comply with the definition.
by Alexandra in WMass (alexandra_wmass[a|t]yahoo[d|o|t]fr) on Tue Jan 17th, 2006 at 10:52:28 AM EST
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