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April 29, 2016EU AND EURO AREA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, MARCH 2016 The unemployment rate in the Euro Area decreased to 10.2 per cent in March, from 10.4 per cent in February. Last March the rate was 11.2 per cent.
In the broader European Union (EU28), the unemployment rate in March was 8.8 per cent, down from 8.9 per cent last month. A year ago the rate was 9.7 per cent.
Among the Member States, the lowest unemployment rates in March 2016 were recorded in the Czech Republic (4.1 %) and Germany(4.2 %). The highest rates have been observed in Greece (24.4 % in January 2016) and Spain (20.4 %).
Note: An unemployment person is defined by Eurostat according to the guidelines of the International Labour Organization as individual aged 15 to 74 (in Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway: 16 to 74 years), who is 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