A glance at Europe's unemployment rates
by The Associated Press, Associated Press - 31 July 2013 07:08-04:00
The economy of the 17 European Union countries showed a small sign of improvement in June when the number of people unemployed fell for the first time since April 2011.
Here is a breakdown of unemployment across Europe and the eurozone.
| Country/Region | June 2012 | May 2013 | June 2013 |
| Eurozone (17 countries) | 11.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Austria | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Belgium | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.7 |
| Cyprus | 11.7 | 16.5 | 17.3 |
| Estonia | 10.1* | 8.0 | n/a |
| Finland | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.0 |
| France | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Germany | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Greece | 23.1** | 26.9*** | n/a |
| Ireland | 14.9 | 13.6 | 13.5 |
| Italy | 10.8 | 12.2 | 12.1 |
| Luxembourg | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| Malta | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Netherlands | 5.1 | 6.6 | 6.8 |
| Portugal | 15.8 | 17.6 | 17.4 |
| Slovakia | 14.0 | 14.3 | 14.5 |
| Slovenia | 8.8 | 11.3 | 11.2 |
| Spain | 25.1 | 26.4 | 26.3 |
| European Union (27 countries) | 10.5 | 11.0 | 10.9 |
| U.S. | 8.2 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| *May 2012, **April 2012, ***April 2013 | |||
| Source: Eurostat | |||
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