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Unemployment in eurozone in September amounted to lowest ever recorded 6.3%.

5 November , 2024  

Unemployment in the euro area in September amounted to the lowest ever recorded at 6.3%, according to the European Union Statistical Office. The August figure was revised from 6.4% to 6.3%. According to Trading Economics, analysts had expected unemployment last month to be 6.4%.

In September 2023, unemployment in the euro area was at 6.6%.

The number of unemployed in the region last month increased by 13 thousand compared to August, to 10.884 million. Youth unemployment (population under 25) rose to 14.4% from a revised 14.3% a month earlier.

The lowest unemployment rate among the largest eurozone countries was recorded in Germany (3.5%, the same as a month earlier), and the highest in Spain (11.2%, down 0.1 percentage point). In France, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 7.6% in September, while in Italy it remained unchanged at 6.1%. Overall, in the European Union, unemployment last month amounted to 5.9%, the same as in August.

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