{"id":449349,"date":"2026-04-01T20:02:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/?p=449349"},"modified":"2026-04-01T20:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:03:39","slug":"unemployment-eu-stable-eurozone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/04\/01\/unemployment-eu-stable-eurozone\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment remains steady at 5.9 per cent in the EU, while it rises to 6.2 per cent in the eurozone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The eurozone\u2014which, following Bulgaria\u2019s accession on 1 January 2026, comprises 21 of the 27 Member States of the European Union\u2014recorded, in February, an unemployment rate of 6.2 per cent<\/strong>, slightly up from 6.1 per cent in January, but slightly down from 6.3 per cent in February 2025. The picture is similar when considering figures for the EU as a whole: in February, the EU unemployment rate stood at 5.9 per cent, unchanged from January 2026 and down from 6.0 per cent in February 2025. The figures were released by\u00a0Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Union,<\/a>\u00a0which estimates that, in absolute terms, 13.118 million people in the EU, of whom 10.919 million were in the euro area, were unemployed in February 2026. Compared with January, unemployment rose by 137,000 in the EU and by 93,000 in the euro area.<\/p>\n

The youth unemployment rate in the EU has also risen, climbing from 15.2 per cent in January to\u00a015.3 per cent in February<\/strong>. This increase means that, in just one month, a further 18,000 young people (under 25) have found themselves on the margins of the European labour market. And, when comparing the figures with those from the previous year, it is clear that the EU now has 5,000 more young people out of work than in February 2025.<\/p>\n