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.