The document defines unemployment as occurring when people are without work and actively seeking work. It states that the unemployment rate is calculated by dividing the unemployed by the total labor force. According to a 2012 ILO report, over 200 million people globally were unemployed, representing 6% of the global workforce. The document also outlines different types of unemployment, including cyclical unemployment caused by insufficient demand, structural unemployment caused by skills mismatches, frictional unemployment caused by job changes, and seasonal unemployment caused by seasonal industries.