Euro Area Unemployment at 8.7% in December 2017
Frankfurt | 31st January 2018
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.7% in December 2017, stable compared to November 2017 and down from 9.7% in December 2016. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since January 2009.
The EU28 unemployment rate was 7.3% in December 2017, stable compared to November 2017 and down from 8.2% in December 2016. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the EU28 since October 2008. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
” Eu Unemployment at 8.7% in December 2017″
Eurostat estimates that 17.978 million men and women in the EU28, of whom 14.153 million in the euro area, were unemployed in December 2017.
Compared with November 2017, the number of persons unemployed decreased by 150 000 in the EU28 and by 119 000 in the euro area. Compared with December 2016, unemployment fell by 2.049 million in the EU28 and by 1.519 million in the euro area.
The euro area (EA19) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
The European Union (EU28) includes Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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