Unemployment average in the EU

Unemployment average in the EU

As per the information obtained from Eurostat, the average unemployment rate in the 15 member states of the European Union (EU) is recorded as 8.1% as of end April 2003. The EU's unemployment rates on some of the countries are; 3.5% in Luxembourg, 3.7% in the Netherlands, 4.3% in Austria, 4.6% in Ireland, 5.1% in Denmark, 5.3% in Sweden, 7.3% in Portugal, 7.9% in Belgium, 9.4% in Germany, 9.2% in Finland and 11.4% in Spain. According to the information provided by the EU's statistics institution Eurostat, the unemployment rate for the same period is recorded as 6% in the US and 5.4% in Japan.