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Unemployment in the euro area of 19 countries remained unchanged in June, registering 3.8%, the lowest level since December 2008, according to data released Tuesday.
Eurostat reported that last month's unemployment rate was 0.1 percentage point lower in May-May.
The number of unemployed was 13.6 million in the euro area in June, In the European Union of the 28 countries, 17.1 million are unemployed. [194] For the whole of the EU, the unemployment rate was 9.6%.
The unemployment rate in June is the lowest recorded in the European Union in May 2008.
The number of unemployed in the EU fell by 1.7 million last month compared in the same month of last year. The youth unemployment rate in the euro area was 16.6%, unchanged from May to May 1949. The countries with the lowest unemployment rates in June were the Czech Republic with 4.2%. The unemployment rate was highest in Greece, at 20.2%, according to the latest data available in April and April,
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