Eurostat/Euro area unemployment at 7.5%/29 November 2019
The euro area (EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.5% in October 2019, down from 7.6% in
September 2019 and from 8.0% in October 2018. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since July 2008. The EU28 unemployment rate was 6.3% in October 2019, stable compared with September 2019 and down from 6.7% in October 2018. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the EU28 since the start of the EU monthly unemployment series in January 2000. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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- Eurostat, (2019), «Euro area unemployment at 7.5%», 31 October