Unemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro has hit a joint new record of 12.1 percent in March.
Here is a breakdown of unemployment across Europe and the eurozone.
| European Unemployment Rates (seasonally adjusted, percent) | |||
| Country/Region | March 2012 | February 2013 | March 2013 |
| Eurozone (17 countries) | 11.0 | 12 | 12.1 |
| Austria | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| Belgium | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.2 |
| Cyprus | 10.7 | 13.9 | 14.2 |
| Estonia | 10.6* | 9.4 | n/a |
| Finland | 7.6 | 8.1 | 8.2 |
| France | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Germany | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Greece | 21.5** | n/a | 27.2*** |
| Ireland | 15.0 | 14.1 | 14.1 |
| Italy | 10.4 | 11.5 | 11.5 |
| Luxembourg | 5.0 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| Malta | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| Netherlands | 5.0 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| Portugal | 15.1 | 17.5 | 17.5 |
| Slovakia | 13.6 | 14.6 | 14.5 |
| Slovenia | 8.1 | 9.7 | 9.9 |
| Spain | 24.1 | 26.5 | 26.7 |
| European Union(27 countries) | 10.3 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
| U.S. | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.6 |
| *Feb 2012 | **Jan 2012 ***Jan 2013Source: Eurostat | ||
