Unemployment Rate Rises in the Euro Zone

Unemployment Rate Rises in the Euro Zone Unemployment rate rises in the Euro Zone. The data showed 8.1 percent for the August unemployment rate. Unemployment data of the European Union (EU) and the Euro Zone for August were announced by the European Statistics Office (Eurostat). According to the data announced, seasonally adjusted unemployment, which was 8 percent in July in the Euro Zone, which has 19 members, was recorded as 8.1 percent in August. In the European Union (EU), the unemployment rate, which was 7.3 percent in July, rose to 7.4 percent in August. In the mentioned period, the unemployment rate was 16.2 percent in Spain; It was recorded as 9.7 percent in Italy, 7.5 percent in France and 4.4 percent in Germany. While the number of unemployed people in the European Union (EU9 was 15 million 603 thousand in August, 13 million 188 thousand people were in the Euro Zone. Number of unemployed young people under 25 was 3 million 32 thousand in the European Union (EU) in August, it was recorded as 2 million 460 thousand in the Euro Area. While the youth unemployment rate was 17.6 percent in the European Union (EU), this rate was recorded as 18.1 percent in the Euro Area.