Press Release: Euro area unemployment rate at 11.7%

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, published statistics on the 3 June 2014 for the unemployment situation in the EU / Eurozone and individual Member States for April 2014.

The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 11.7% in April 2014, down from 11.8% in March 2014, and from 12.0% in April 2013. The EU28 unemployment rate was 10.4% in April 2014, down from 10.5% in March 2014, and from 10.9% in April 2013.