In April this year, the unemployment rate of the 34 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries remained stable at 5.9 percent, according to new figures published by the OECD. The number of unemployed in the OECD region in April was 36.9 million people, 4.2 million more than before the crisis in April 2008.
In April, on month-on-month basis, the unemployment rate for the euro area was at 9.3 percent, down slightly by 0.1 percentage point month on month. In the given month, the unemployment rate declined by 0.1 percentage point in the European Union to 7.8 percent, decreased by 0.1 percentage point in the United States to 4.3 percent and fell by 0.2 percentage points in Canada to 6.5 percent, remained stable in Japan at 2.8 percent and rose by 0.1 percentage point in Mexico rises to 3.6 percent, all compared to March.