In December 2020, the euro area seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.3 percent, stable compared with November 2020 and up from 7.4 percent in December 2019, according to Eurostat. The European Union unemployment rate was 7.5 percent in December 2020, also stable compared with November 2020 and up from 6.5 percent in December 2019. Eurostat estimates that 16.000 million men and women in the European Union, of whom 13.671 million in the euro area, were unemployed in December2020. Compared with November2020, the number of persons unemployed increased by 67000 in the European Union and by 55000 in the euro area. Compared with December 2019, unemployment rose by 1.951 million in the European Union and by 1.516 million in the euro area.
