SME Chamber President meets MDB Officials
22 April 2024
Malta Chamber of SMEs President Mr Paul Abela met MDB Chairman Leo Brincat and CEO...
Euro area unemployment rate at 12.1%
02 December 2013
The euro area
(EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 12.1% in October 2013, down
from 12.2% in September. The EU28 unemployment rate was 10.9%, stable compared
with September. In both zones, rates have risen compared with October 2012,
when they were 11.7% and 10.7% respectively.
These figures are published by
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In October 2013, 26.654
million men and women were unemployed in the EU28, of whom 19.298 million were
in the euro area. Compared with September 2013, the number of persons
unemployed decreased by 75 000 in the EU28 and by 61 000 in the euro area.
Compared with October 2012, unemployment rose by 512 000 in the EU28 and by 615
000 in the euro area.
