The unemployment rate in the euro area increased by 0.1 percentage points to 6.4% in July compared to 6.3% in the same month of 2025, while in the European Union it increased from 6.0% to 6.1%, Eurostat published.
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01/09/2026
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Lusa
“ ANDin July 2026, the adjusted seasonality unemployment rate in the euro area was 6.4%, remaining stable compared to June 2026 and increasing compared to the 6.3% recorded in July 2025′′, the European Union statistical office (EU) Eurostat revealed.
In all 27 Member States, the unemployment rate was 6.1% in July 2026, also stable compared to June 2026 and above 6.0% in July 2025, Eurostat added.
All in all, in July this year, the number of unemployed people in the euro area was 11,264 million, plus 175 thousand more than a year earlier.
In the EU, there were 13.516 million unemployed, 296 thousand more people than in July 2025.
In Portugal, the unemployment rate was 5.7% in July this year, below 5.8% in the same month of 2025.
Similarly, the Portuguese unemployment rate thus declined by 0.1 percentage points, unlike developments in the euro area and the EU.
The number of unemployed in Portugal was estimated at 320 thousand people in July, less than about 4,000 than the 324,000 registered a year earlier.
As regards youth unemployment, the euro area recorded a rate of 14.9% in July, below 15.0% in June, but the number of young people unemployed increased by 40,000 compared to July 2025.
In the EU, the youth unemployment rate was 15.1% below 15.6% of the previous month, while the number of unemployed young people increased by 29,000 in homologous terms.
Eurostat data are seasonally adjusted.