this euro area unemployment rate stopped last May 6.6%one tenth less than the previous month and Lowest unemployment level among Nineteen of the entire historical seriesAccording to Eurostat data, dating back to April 1998 Spain an unemployment rate 13.1%, highest among all countries whose data was available.
The unemployment rate in the eurozone was thus eight-tenths below pre-pandemic levels. february 2020 Unemployment among euro countries 7.4%.
Same way, the whole of the European Union unemployment rate Stable at 6.1% in May, compared to 7.3% a year ago. It is also the lowest unemployment level among the Twenty-Seven.
The European Statistical Office estimates 13,066 million people were unemployed in the EU in May 202211,004 million of this was in the euro area. This represents a monthly drop of 73,000 and 81,000, respectively.
Compared to May 2021, the number of unemployed decreased by 2,515 million in the EU and by 2,165 million in the euro area.
Among the Twenty-Seven, higher unemployment rates in return SpainTogether 13.1%; GreeceTogether 12.7% in April; and ItalyTogether 8.1%. On the contrary, lowest numbers unemployment was observed Czech Republic (2.5%); Poland (2.7%); Y Germany (2.8%).
In the case of under 25 years oldMay unemployment rate in the euro area 13.1%13.8% compared to the previous month, for Twenty-seven 13.3%Half a point less than in April.
In absolute terms, the number of youth unemployed in the EU in the fifth month of the year 2.467 million people1.988 million of this corresponds to the euro area.
In the case of SpainCounted in May 2022 3.046 million people are unemployedthe one which… 440,000 were under 25 years old.
In this way, the youth unemployment rate in Spain reached 27.1% with 27.1% and in April it was behind 36.8% in Greece and 21.9% in Sweden, 20.5% in Italy and 20.5% in Italy. It ranked second in Slovakia, ahead of 20.3%.