31/8/2011 00:00:00
According to Eurostat, the euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 10.0% in July 2011, unchanged compared with June. It was 10.2% in July 2010. The EU27 unemployment rate was 9.5% in July 2011, unchanged compared with June. It was 9.7% in July 2010. Among the Member States, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria (3.7%), the Netherlands (4.3%) and Luxembourg (4.6%), and the highest in Spain (21.2%), Latvia (16.2% in the first quarter of 2011) and Lithuania (15.6% in the second quarter of 2011).
