Collocations for unemployment - noun

considerable, high, huge, large-scale, mass, massive, serious, severe, widespread | low | rising | falling | long-term, permanent | short-term, temporary | recurrent, seasonal | structural | graduate, school-leaver, youth | rural, urban

level, rate

be faced with, face | cause, create | alleviate, bring down, cut, keep down, reduce | increase | combat, tackle

hit sb
Unemployment has hit unskilled workers in particular.

climb, double, increase, rise, soar
Unemployment climbed above two million.

decline, fall | average sth, stand at sth
Unemployment averaged 15% across the country.

reach sth, touch sth
Unemployment touched 30%.

benefit, money, pay, payments, relief | compensation, cover, insurance | data, figures, levels, numbers, percentage, rate, statistics, total | crisis, problem | blackspot
This former mining town is now an unemployment blackspot.

trap
The unemployment trap exists when an unemployed person on benefit would be worse off in a low-paid job.

~ among
Unemployment among graduates is falling steadily.

a period of unemployment, a rise/an increase/a fall in unemployment