1/8/2011 00:00:00
The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.9% in June 2011, unchanged compared with May. It was 10.2% in June 2010. The EU27 unemployment rate was 9.4% in June 2011, unchanged compared with May. It was 9.7% in June 2010. Eurostat estimates that 22.473 million men and women in the EU27, of whom 15.640 million were in the euro area, were unemployed in June 2011. Compared with May 2011, the number of persons unemployed fell by 38 000 in the EU27 but increased by 18 000 in the euro area. Compared with June 2010, unemployment decreased by 706 000 in the EU27 and by 346 000 in the euro area.
