The employment rate increased, in the second quarter, to 74.9% in the euro zone and 75.4% in the European Union (EU), and Portugal presented the second largest quarterly increase (1.1 percentage points) , as published by Eurostat on Friday.
The EU statistical service highlights that, in the quarterly comparison, the indicator increased, in the euro area, compared to the same period last year (74.1% in the same quarter of 2022) and in chain (74.7% % in the previous quarter). .
In the group of 27 member states of the European bloc, the employment rate of 75.4% between April and June compares with 74.7% in the same period of the previous year and 75.3% in the first quarter of the year.
The indicator increased in twenty Member States, remained stable in Estonia and decreased in another six.
Slovenia was the country whose employment rate increased the most (1.3 percentage points – pp) compared to the first quarter of the year, followed by Portugal (1.1%, up to 78.3%) and Latvia (1.0 % pp).
For its part, Bulgaria (-0.8 pp), Belgium (-0.7 pp) and Romania (-0.6 pp) recorded the largest falls.
The Netherlands (83.6%), Sweden (82.9%) and Malta 82.7%) had the highest employment rates and, at the opposite extreme, Italy (66.0%), Greece (67.5%). %) and Romania (68.4%).
Source: TSF
