Today, the European Union Statistical Office Eurostat reported that in March the euro area and the European Union, the unemployment rate remained unchanged , while the unemployment rate in our country (Lithuania) in March compared with February, quite noticeably diminished.

In March, unemployment in the euro area amounted to 11.8 percent , ie was the same as in February , right , was previously published in the February, it was 11.9 percent. Unemployment in the euro zone remained stable since last year December.

European Union over the period of unemployment also remained unchanged and accounted for 10.5 per cent of the truth , it was announced that it amounted to 10.6 percent in February . Well in our country and the unemployment rate in March fell quite significantly, ie it fell from 11.5 to 10.8 percent.

A year ago in March , the euro area unemployment rate was 12 percent , the European Union - 10.9 percent , while Lithuania na it amounted to 12.4 percent.

In March, the labor union had 25.699 million . persons , of whom 18.913 million were unemployed in the euro area . The number of unemployed over the counter in the European Union fell by 66 thousand , well, in the euro area - 22 thousand. Over the years, the number of unemployed decreased by 929 thousand and 316 thousand .
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