Euro area unemployment at 6.2%

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In January 2025, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 6.2%, stable compared with December 2024 and down from 6.5% in January 2024. The EU unemployment rate was 5.8% in January 2025, also stable compared with December 2024 and down from 6.1% in January 2024.

Eurostat estimates that 12.824 million persons in the EU, of whom 10.655 million in the euro area, were unemployed in January 2025.

Compared with December 2024, unemployment decreased by 8 thousand in the EU and by 42 thousand in the euro area.

Compared with January 2024, unemployment decreased by 510 thousand in the EU and by 547 thousand in the euro area.

Source: 
Eurostat, 4 March 2025