Unemployment rates continue to decrease in countries that use the euro. For the European Union as a whole, the unemployment rate stood at 5.9% in August, the same as in May and June.
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00:00 Nearly 11 million people in the Euro area were jobless in August.
00:05 This brings the unemployment rate back down to 6.4%, last seen in June, which was the
00:12 lowest level since 1998 when Eurostat records began.
00:18 In the European Union as a whole, the rate was 5.9% in August.
00:24 Eurostat remains highest in Spain, 11.5%, and Greece, 10.9%, and was lowest in Czechia,
00:33 Malta and Poland, with rates of 2.5%, 2.7% and 2.8% respectively.
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