.png)
.png)
Malta with fourth lowest EU unemployment rate
At 6.4%, Malta’s unemployment rate ranks it the fourth lowest out of the EU member states.
1 October 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
The euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 12% in August 2013, stable compared with July, while the unemployment rate within the EU28 was 10.9%, also stable compared with July.
According to the EU statistical office Eurostat, rates have risen in both zones when compared with August 2012.
In the case of Malta, with the unemployment rate reaching 6.4% during August, it ranked the fourth lowest in the European Union. Malta's unemployment rate last year was of 6.3%.
Among the member states, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria (4.9%), Germany (5.2%) and Luxembourg (5.8%). The highest were recorded in Greece (27.9%) and Spain (26.2%).
In August 2013, 26.595 million men and women were unemployed in the EU28, of whom 19.178 million were in the euro area.
