Eurostat News Release: September 2014 – Euro area unemployment rate at 11.5%, EU28 at 10.1%, 31 Οκτωβρίου.
The euro area (EA18) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.5% in September 2014, stable compared with August 2014, but down from 12.0% in September 2013. The EU28 unemployment rate was 10.1% in September 2014, also stable compared with August 2014 and down from 10.8% in September 2013. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
Eurostat estimates that 24.512 million men and women in the EU28, of whom 18.347 million were in the euro area, were unemployed in September 2014. Compared with August 2014, the number of persons unemployed decreased by 108 000 in the EU28 and by 19 000 in the euro area. Compared with September 2013, unemployment fell by 1.818 million in the EU28and by 826 000 in the euro area.
Member States
Among the Member States, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Germany (5.0%) and Austria (5.1%), and the highest in Greece (26.4% in July 2014) and Spain (24.0%).
Compared with a year ago, the unemployment rate fell in twenty-one Member States, increased in six and remained stable in Belgium. The largest decreases were registered in Hungary (10.0% to 7.6% between August 2013 and August 2014), Spain (26.1% to 24.0%) and Portugal(15.7% to 13.6%), and the highest increases were registered in Finland (8.2% to 8.7%) and France (10.3% to 10.5%).
In September 2014, the unemployment rate in the United Stateswas 5.9%, down from 6.1% in August 2014, and from 7.2% in September 2013.
