statistics – Youth UnEmployment Project https://www.projects.aegee.org/yue Wed, 29 Apr 2015 14:35:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.7 Unemployment statistics for the EU for December 2012 https://www.projects.aegee.org/yue/unemployment-statistics-for-the-eu-for-december-2012/ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 14:35:49 +0000 http://www.projects.aegee.org/yue/?p=463 In December 2012, 5.702 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU27, of whom 3.624 million were in the euro area . Compared with December 2011, youth unemployment rose by 237 000 in the EU27 and by 303 000 in the euro area . In December 2012, the youth unemployment rate was 23.4% in the EU27  and 24.0% in the euro area , compared with 22.2% and 21.7% respectively in December 2011. In December 2012 the lowest rates were observed in Germany  (8.0%), Austria  (8.5%) and the Netherlands  (10.0%), and the highest in Greece
 (57.6% in October 2012) and Spain  (55.6%).
With regards to the overall unemployment rate, in the euro area (EA17), the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate  was 11.7% in December 2012. The EU27 unemployment rate was 10.7%. In both zones, rates have risen markedly compared with December 2011, when they were 10.7% and 10.0% respectively.

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