Austria: Lowest Unemployment Rate

Politics ♦ Published: April 3, 2013; 11:10 ♦ (Vindobona)

Euro area unemployment rate at 12.0%, EU27 at 10.9%

Austria: Lowest Unemployment Rate / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 12.0% in February 2013, stable compared with January. The EU27 unemployment rate was 10.9%, up from 10.8% in the previous month4. In both zones, rates have risen markedly compared with February 2012, when they were 10.9% and 10.2% respectively. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European…