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A glance at eurozone unemployment rates
By By The Associated Press
AP /
November 30, 2012
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Unemployment for the 17 European Union countries that use the euro rose to a record high of 11.7 percent in October September.
Here is a breakdown of unemployment across Europe and the eurozone.
| Country/Region | October 2011 | September 2012 | October 2012 |
| Eurozone (17 countries) | 10.4 | 11.6 | 11.7 |
| Austria | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| Belgium | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
| Cyprus | 9.2 | 12.3 | 12.9 |
| Estonia | 11.5** | 9.6 | n/a |
| Finland | 7.6 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| France | 9.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
| Germany | 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Greece | 18.4* | n/a | n/a |
| Ireland | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.7 |
| Italy | 8.8 | 10.8 | 11.1 |
| Luxembourg | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
| Malta | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| Netherlands | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.5 |
| Portugal | 13.7 | 16.2 | 16.3 |
| Slovakia | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| Slovenia | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
| Spain | 22.7 | 25.8 | 26.2 |
| European Union (27 countries) | 9.9 | 10.6 | 10.7 |
| U.S. | 8.9 | 7.8 | 7.9 |
| Source: Eurostat |
(asterisk)Aug. 2011
(asterisk)(asterisk)Sept. 2011
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