Austrian Unemployment Rate Still Lowest in EU

Politics ♦ Published: August 1, 2013; 15:35 ♦ (Vindobona)

EU27 unemployment rate at 10.9%.

Austrian Unemployment Rate Still Lowest in EU / Picture: © Vindobona.org

The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 12.1% in June 2013, stable compared with May. The EU27 unemployment rate was 10.9%, down from 11.0% in May. In both zones, rates have risen compared with June 2012, when they were 11.4% and 10.5% respectively. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

Eurostat estimates…