Unemployment in the eurozone remained stable in November

The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) has published unemployment data for the European Union (EU) and the Eurozone for the month of November.

Consequently, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the EU, which was 6 percent in October, remained at the same level in November. The unemployment rate in the Euro Zone, which was 6.5 percent in October, did not change in November.

The unemployment rate was 7.1 percent in the euro area and 6.5 percent in the EU in November last year. While the number of unemployed in the EU was 12 million 950 thousand in November, 10 million 849 thousand of them occurred in the Euro Zone.

COUNTRIES WITH MORE UNEMPLOYMENT

By country, the unemployment rate was 12.4 percent in Spain, 11.4 percent in Greece, 7.8 percent in Italy, 7 percent in France and 3 percent in Germany in November.

In November, the number of unemployed young people under 25 years of age was determined at 2 million 880 thousand in the EU and 2 million 353 thousand in the Euro Zone. The youth unemployment rate was measured at 15.1 percent in the EU and the euro area. (AA)