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The share of unemployed people in Bulgaria grew from 10.6% in September, 2010 to 11.9% in September, 2011. File photo
Unemployment in Bulgaria has reached 11.9% in September, according to data by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
In August, it had been 11.7%, and stood at 10.6% in September, 2010, Eurostat figures show.
Meanwhile, Bulgaria's Employment Agency, reported 9.4% unemployment in September, while the National Statistics Institute (NSI), registered an 11.2% unemployment rate for the same month.
The Euro Area seasonally-adjusted2 unemployment rate was 10.2% in September 2011, compared with 10.1% in August. It was 10.1% in September 2010.
The EU unemployment rate was 9.7% in September 2011, compared with 9.6% in August. It was 9.6% in September 2010.
Eurostat estimates that 23.264 million men and women in the EU, of whom 16.198 million were in the Euro Area, were unemployed in September 2011. Compared with August 2011, the number of persons unemployed increased by 174 000 in the EU and by 188 000 in the Euro Area. Compared with September 2010, unemployment rose by 215 000 in the EU and by 329 000 in the Euro Area.
Among the Member States, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria (3.9%), the Netherlands (4.5%) and Luxembourg (4.8%), and the highest in Spain (22.6%), Greece (17.6% in July) and Latvia (16.1% in the second quarter of 2011).
Compared with a year ago, the unemployment rate fell in fourteen Member States and increased in thirteen. The largest falls were observed in Estonia (17.9% to 12.8% between the second quarters of 2010 and 2011), Latvia (19.4% to 16.1% between the second quarters of 2010 and 2011) and Lithuania (18.2% to 15.5% between the second quarters of 2010 and 2011). The highest increases were registered in Greece (12.6% to 17.6% between July 2010 and July 2011), Spain (20.5% to 22.6%) and Cyprus (6.0% to 7.8%).
Between September 2010 and September 2011, the unemployment rate for males remained stable at 9.9% in the Euro Area and fell from 9.6% to 9.5% in the EU. The female unemployment rate increased from 10.4% to 10.6% in the Euro Area and from 9.7% to 9.9% in the EU.
In September 2011, 5.308 million young persons (under-25s) were unemployed in the EU, of whom 3.290 million were in the Euro Area. Compared with September 2010, youth unemployment increased by 41 000 in the EU and by 71 000 in the Euro Area. In September 2011, the youth unemployment rate was 21.4% in the EU and 21.2% in the Euro Area. In September 2010 it was 20.9% and 20.8% respectively. The lowest rates were observed in Austria (7.1%) and the Netherlands (8.0%), and the highest in Spain (48.0%) and Greece (43.5% in July).
In September 2011, the unemployment rate was 9.1% in the USA. In August 2011, it was 4.3% in Japan.
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