The eurozone seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10% in July 2010, unchanged compared with June (it was 9.6% in July 2009). The EU27 unemployment rate was 9.6% in July 2010, also unchanged compared with June (it was 9.1% in July 2009), according to data published by Eurostat, on 31 August.

Eurostat estimates that 23.057 million men and women in the EU27, of whom 15.833 million were in the eurozone, were unemployed in July 2010.

Compared with a year ago, three member states recorded a fall in the unemployment rate, two remained stable and twenty-two showed an increase. The falls were observed in Austria (5.1% to 3.8%), Malta (7.3% to 6.5%) and Germany (7.6% to 6.9%). The highest increases were registered in Latvia (13.5% to 20.1% between the first quarters of 2009 and 2010) and Lithuania (11.2% to 17.3% between the first quarters of 2009 and 2010).

Between July 2009 and July 2010, the unemployment rate for males rose from 9.5% to 9.8% in the eurozone and from 9.2% to 9.6% in the EU27. The female unemployment rate increased from 9.8% to 10.3% in the eurozone and from 9% to 9.6% in the EU27.

In July 2010, the youth unemployment rate (under-25s) was 19.6% in the eurozone and 20.2% in the EU27. In July 2009, it was 19.8% and 20.1%, respectively.

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