The unemployment rate remains in the same level in the Eurozone

Prishtina, 2 March - The unemployment rate of 9.9 percent in the Eurozone remains in the same level three months already.

In January the number of unemployed in Eurozone estimated up to 15.7 million which is 136,000 more than in December of last year and more than 2.2 million compared with January of last year, Eurostat preliminary data show.

The countries which are part of the Eurozone with the lowest unemployment level is Netherlands with 4.2 percent, while the largest one is Spain, where the unemployment is 18.8 percent of the population.

In the European Union level, the unemployment rate in January reached 9.5 percent, where with the highest level of unemployment is Latvia, with 22.9 percent of the population.

Source:ekonomia-ks.com/02.03.2010