The euro area1 (EA19) seasonally-adjusted2 unemployment rate3 was 11.3% in March 2015, stable compared with February 20154, but down from 11.7% in March 2014. The EU281 unemployment rate was 9.8% in March 2015, stable compared with February 2015 and down from 10.4% in March 2014. Eurostat estimates that 23.748 million men and women in the EU28, of whom 18.105 million in the euro area, wereunemployed in March 2015. Compared with February 2015, the number of persons unemployed decreased by 75 000 in the EU28 and by 36 000 in the euro area. Compared with March 2014, unemployment fell by 1.523 million in the EU28 and by 679 000 in the euro area.
March 2015-Eurostat news release-euro indicators, 76/2015-30 April 2015