Euro area unemployment holds steady at 6.4% in August - ANews

The euro area's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained at 6.4% in August, unchanged from July but up from 6.3% a year earlier, Eurostat figures showed Thursday. The unemployment rate across the European Union also held steady at 6.1%, compared with 6% in August 2025. Eurostat estimated that 13.6 million people were unemployed in the EU in August, including 11.357 million in the euro area. Compared with July, the number of unemployed increased by 12,000 in the EU and 26,000 in the euro area. On an annual basis, unemployment rose by 348,000 and 267,000, respectively. Among EU countries, Finland recorded the highest unemployment rate at 10.3%, followed by Spain at 10% and Sweden at 8.7%. Czechia had the lowest rate at 3.