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Euro Area unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Sep 2024
Next release
Forecast
Highest
12.20% on Jun 30, 2013
Lowest
6.30% on Sep 30, 2024

About Euro Area unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Source
Frequency
Monthly
Units
%
In Euro Area, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Euro Area unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Euro Area unemployment rate is 6.30%.
The highest figure Euro Area unemployment rate has ever reached is 12.20%.
Last month Euro Area unemployment rate was 6.30%, and the month before that it amounted to 6.30%.