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Unemployment, August 2026 Released

Released Thursday, 1 October 2026, 11:00 Luxembourg time.

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Result

The unemployment rate in the European Union (27) was 6.1% in August 2026, unchanged from July 2026, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Source: Eurostat, Unemployment by sex and age, monthly, seasonally adjusted (une_rt_m). Retrieved 2026-10-07, published 2026-10-02. The figure as Invokely stored it on 2026-10-08.

Recent history

Against the previous release

Invokely has no earlier release of this series on record.

Revisions to earlier periods

This release did not change the figure of any earlier period of this series.

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Unemployment rate in European Union (27): all figures

How to cite

Eurostat. Unemployment by sex and age, monthly, seasonally adjusted (une_rt_m). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/une_rt_m/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Statistics this release updates

• Unemployment rate

Next release

Unemployment, Friday, 30 October 2026, 11:00 Luxembourg time