Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, has announced that in September this year the unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 6.7 percent, remaining unchanged from August and declining from 7.5 percent in the same month of 2017. The September figure is the lowest rate recorded in the EU-28 since January 2000.
The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the euro area in September was 8.1 percent, remaining unchanged from August and down from 8.9 percent in September of the previous year. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since November 2008.
In September, the unemployment rate in the EU-28 fell in 27 member states, on year-on-year basis. Among the EU-28 member states, in September the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in the Czech Republic (2.3%) and in Germany and Poland (both 3.4%), while the highest rates were observed in Greece (19.0% in July 2018) and Spain (14.9%).
Meanwhile, in the given month the unemployment rate in the United States was 3.7 percent, declining from 3.9 percent in the previous month and down from 4.2 percent in September 2017.