Spain is the country with the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone, with a 11.2%. 2.75 million people are unemployed in the country, of which 497,000 They were under 25 years old. This is clear today from the unemployment data released by Eurostatwhich place eurozone unemployment at 6.3%, no changes from the previous month. This data is found in minima since the beginning of the series, in 1999. On the other hand, the unemployment of the entire population European Union It remained stable and at historic lows, at 5.9%.
The European statistics office has calculated that in the tenth month of the year a total of 12.97 million people lacked jobs in the EU, of which 10.84 million were in the euro zone. These figures represent a monthly decrease of 70,000 employees in the EU and 3,000 in the euro zone. Compared to October 2023, unemployment decreased by 416,000 people in the twenty-seven EU countries, and 411,000 people in the eurozone alone.
Followed by Spain, with an 11.2% unemployment rate, the highest unemployment rates in the EU corresponded to Greecewith 9.8%, where this month a general strike was called in order to protest the economic situation of the country, and Sweden and Finlandwith 8.5%. In contrast, the lowest unemployment figures were observed in Czech Republicwith 2.6%; Maltawith 3%; and Polandwith 3.1%.
Looking at the youth unemployment figure, Spain had a rate of 26.7%the largest in Europe, followed by Sweden (24.4%), Greece (23.3%) and Luxembourg (23.2%). The general rate of the EU stood at 15.2%, one tenth less than the previous month, while that of the euro zone was 15%. The total number of unemployed young people in the EU reached 2.99 millionof which 2.42 resided in the eurozone.
In relation to unemployment genderthis month the unemployment female has been from 6.1% in the EU, stable compared to last month. As for the malefigure is 5.7%one tenth less than in September. In the euro zone, on the other hand, female unemployment was 6.5% and male unemployment was 6.1%, both figures maintaining stability. Spain leads both rankingsagain, with female unemployment of 12.4% and male unemployment of 10.1%.
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