Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, has announced that in April this year the unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 6.4 percent, remaining stable compared to March and declining from 7.0 percent in the same month of 2018. The April figure is the lowest rate recorded in the EU-28 since January 2000.
The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the euro area in April was 7.6 percent, down from 7.7 percent in March and down from 8.4 percent in April 2018. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since August 2008.
In April, the unemployment rate in the EU-28 fell in all member states except Luxembourg and Poland, on year-on-year basis. Among the EU-28 member states, in April the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in the Czech Republic (2.1%), Germany (3.2%) and the Netherlands (3.3%), while the highest rates were observed in Greece (18.5% in February 2019), Spain (13.8%) and Italy (10.2%).
In April 2019, the unemployment rate in the United States was 3.6 percent, down from 3.8 percent in March and down from 3.9 percent in April 2018.