As noted, this is the minimum unemployment rate since January 2009.

The number of unemployed in the euro area in November decreased by 107,000 people compared to the previous month and amounted to 14.263 million people.

In 28 EU countries, the unemployment rate in November fell from 7.4% to 7.3%. The indicator has reached its lowest level since October 2008.. The number of unemployed in the EU in November fell by 155 thousand. compared with the previous month to 18.116 million people.

The lowest unemployment rates in Europe in November were recorded in the Czech Republic (2.5%), in Germany and Malta (3.6% in both countries). The unemployment rate in Germany reached a historic low.

The highest unemployment rate was recorded in Greece: 20.5% as of September (the latest available data), in second place Spain - 16.7%.

Unemployment in France in November fell from 9.3% to 9.2%. The unemployment rate in Italy dropped from 11.1% to its lowest level since September 2012. eleven%.

As previously reported in URA-Inform, in January-September 2017 there were more than 350 thousand unemployed in Ukraine. In the top three rankings of the regions with the largest number of unemployed entered: Dnepropetrovsk region - 28.3 thousand people, Kharkiv region - 22, 9 thousand people and Vinnitsa region - 22 thousand people. At the same time, the lowest number of unemployed was registered in the Transcarpathian region - 5,9 thousand people, in the Lugansk region - 7,1 thousand people and in Bukovina - 7,8 thousand people.