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November 28, 2014EU AND EURO AREA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, OCTOBER 2014 In October 2014, the unemployment rate (seasonally adjusted) in the European Union (EU28) was 10.0%, unchanged from September 2014. Compared with October 2013, unemployment declined by 0.7 percentage points (1.55 million persons) in EU28.
The Euro Area (EA18) unemployment rate in October 2014 was 11.5%, unchanged from September 2014, and down 0.4 percentage points (0.55 million persons) from October 2013.
Among Member States, the lowest unemployment rates were in Germany (4.9%) and Austria (5.1%), and the highest in Greece (25.9% in August 2014) and Spain (24.0%).
In October 2014, the youth (persons under age 25) unemployment rate was 21.6% in the EU28 and 23.5% in the EA 18, compared with 23.3% and 24.0%, respectively a year ago.
Note: Eurostat defines unemployment persons as individuals aged 15 to 74, who are without work and have actively sought employment at some time during the previous four weeks.
Member States: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Czech Republic (CZ), Croatia (HR), Cyprus (CY), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (EL), Hungary (HU), Italy (IT), Ireland (IE ), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), Netherlands (NL), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE), United Kingdom (UK).
Source:
Eurostat: Unemployment