Στο 6,4% η ανεργία στη ζώνη του ευρώ

Notes for users

Revisions and timetable

The data in this News Release can be subject to revisions, caused by updates to the seasonally adjusted series whenever new monthly data are added; the inclusion of the most recent LFS data in the calculation process; update of seasonal adjustment models with complete annual data.

Compared with the rates published in News Release of 30 August 2024, the July 2024 unemployment rate for the EU and the unemployment rate for the euro area remained unchanged. Among EU Member States, the rate has been revised by more than 0.1 percentage points (pp) upwards for Estonia and Portugal (both by 0.3 pp). The rate has not been revised by more than 0.1 percentage points (pp) downwards for any Member States.

Country notes

Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden as well as Iceland and Norway: the trend component is used instead of the more volatile seasonally adjusted data.

Estonia and Portugal: 3-month moving averages of LFS data are used instead of pure monthly indicators.

Methods and definitions

Eurostat publishes harmonised unemployment rates for individual EU Member States, the euro area and the EU. These unemployment rates are based on the definition recommended by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The measurement is based on a harmonised data source, the European Union Labour Force Survey (LFS).

Based on the ILO definition, Eurostat defines unemployed persons as persons aged 15 to 74 who:

• are without work;

• are available to start work within the next two weeks;

• and have actively sought employment at some time during the previous four weeks.

The unemployment rate is the number of people unemployed as a percentage of the labour force.

The labour force is the total number of people employed plus unemployed. In this news release unemployment rates are based on employment and unemployment data covering persons aged 15 to 74.

The youth unemployment rate is the number of people aged 15 to 24 unemployed as a percentage of the labour force of the same age. Therefore, the youth unemployment rate should not be interpreted as the share of jobless people in the overall youth population.

Όταν τα δεδομένα για τον πιο πρόσφατο μήνα δεν είναι διαθέσιμα για ένα κράτος μέλος, τα συγκεντρωτικά στοιχεία ΕΕ και ΕΟ υπολογίζονται χρησιμοποιώντας τα πιο πρόσφατα διαθέσιμα δεδομένα για το συγκεκριμένο κράτος μέλος.

Γεωγραφικές πληροφορίες

Ζώνη του ευρώ (EA20): Βέλγιο, Γερμανία, Εσθονία, Ιρλανδία, Ελλάδα, Ισπανία, Γαλλία, Κροατία, Ιταλία, Κύπρος, Λετονία, Λιθουανία, Λουξεμβούργο, Μάλτα, Ολλανδία, Αυστρία, Πορτογαλία, Σλοβενία, Σλοβακία και Φινλανδία.

Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (ΕΕ27): Βέλγιο, Βουλγαρία, Τσεχία, Δανία, Γερμανία, Εσθονία, Ιρλανδία, Ελλάδα, Ισπανία, Γαλλία, Κροατία, Ιταλία, Κύπρος, Λετονία, Λιθουανία, Λουξεμβούργο, Ουγγαρία, Μάλτα, Ολλανδία, Αυστρία, Πολωνία, Πορτογαλία , Ρουμανία, Σλοβενία, Σλοβακία, Φινλανδία και Σουηδία.