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Notiziario Marketpress di
Luned́ 04 Aprile 2005
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EURO-ZONE UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 8.9%
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Bruxelles, 4 April 2005 - Euro-zone seasonally-adjusted unemployment stood at 8.9% in February 2005, compared to 8.8% in January, reports Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. It was 8.9% in February 2004. The Eu254 unemployment rate was 8.9% in February 2005, unchanged compared to January. It was 9.0% in February 2004. In February 2005, the lowest rates were registered in Ireland (4.3%), Luxembourg (4.4%), Austria (4.6%), the United Kingdom (4.6% in December 2004) and the Netherlands (4.7% in December 2004). Unemployment rates were highest in Poland (18.1%), Slovakia (16.2%), Greece (10.5% in September 2004) and Spain (10.3%). Amongst the Member States thirteen recorded a decrease in their unemployment rate over a year, one remained stable and eleven reported an increase. The largest relative decreases were observed in Lithuania (11.6% to 8.9%), Estonia (9.9% to 8.0%), Malta (7.8% to 6.8%) and Slovakia (18.5% to 16.2%), while Cyprus (5.0% to 5.6%), Portugal (6.3% to 6.9%) and the Netherlands (4.3% in December 2003 to 4.7% in December 2004) registered the highest relative increases. In February 2005 compared to February 2004, the unemployment rate for males fell from 7.5% to 7.4% in the euro-zone and decreased from 8.1% to 7.9% in the Eu25. The female unemployment rate grew from 10.6% to 10.7% in the euro-zone, and was unchanged at 10.2% in the Eu25. In February 2005, the unemployment rate for under-25s was 18.5% in the euro-zone and 18.8% in the Eu25. In February 2004 it was 18.0% and 18.8% respectively. The lowest rates for under-25s were observed in Denmark (7.4% in January 2005), the Netherlands (7.4% in December 2004) and Ireland (7.9%), and the highest in Poland (37.6%), Slovakia (28.8%), Greece (26.3% in September 2004) and Italy (24.0% in December 2004). Eurostat estimates that, in February 2005, 12.8 million men and women were unemployed in the euro-zone and 19.1 million in the Eu25. These are seasonally-adjusted figures in line with Ilo criteria. In February 2005, the Us unemployment rate was 5.4% and the Japanese rate was 4.6%. Unemployment (%) in February 2005 - in ascending order | Ie | Lu | At | Uk | Nl | Dk | Cy | Si | Hu | Se | Mt | Pt | Be | Ee | | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.6 | Dec 04 4.6 | Dec 04 4.7 | Jan 05 5.0 | 5.6 | Jan 05 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| It | Cz | Euro-zone | Eu25 | Lt | Fi | Lv | De5 | Fr | Es | El | Sk | Pl | | Dec 04 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.3 | Sep 04 10.5 | 16.2 | 18.1 |
Euro-zone: Belgium, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and Finland. Eurostat's unemployment rates
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