Eurostat News Release – 30 Σεπτεμβρίου 2014
August 2014: Euro area unemployment rate at 11.5% EU28 at 10.1%
The euro area (EA18) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.5% in August 2014, stable compared with July 2014, but down from 12.0% in August 2013. The EU28 unemployment rate was 10.1% in August 2014, the lowest value since February 2012. The rate was down from 10.2% in July 2014, and from 10.8% in August 2013. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Eurostat estimates that 24.642 million men and women in the EU28, of whom 18.326 million were in the euro area, were unemployed in August 2014. Compared with July 2014, the number of persons unemployed decreased by 134 000 in the EU28 and by 137 000 in the euro area. Compared with August 2013, unemployment fell by 1.745 million in the EU28 and by 834 000 in the euro area.