A glance at Europe's unemployment rates

By The Associated Press

AP / February 1, 2013

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Unemployment across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro was steady in December at 11.7 percent.

Here is a breakdown of unemployment across Europe and the eurozone.

European Unemployment Rates (seasonally adjusted, percent)
Country/Region	December 2011	November 2012	December 2012
Eurozone (17 countries)	10.7	11.7	11.7
Austria	4.2	4.4	4.3
Belgium	7.1	7.5	7.5
Cyprus	9.7	14.2	14.7
Estonia	12.1	9.9	n/a
Finland	7.6	7.7	7.7
France	9.9	10.5	10.6
Germany	5.6	5.3	5.3
Greece	19.7*	n/a	n/a
Ireland	15.0	14.7	14.7
Italy	9.5	11.2	11.2
Luxembourg	4.9	5.2	5.3
Malta	6.5	6.9	6.7
Netherlands	4.9	5.6	5.8
Portugal	14.6	16.3	16.5
Slovakia	13.9	14.5	14.7
Slovenia	8.6	9.8	10.0
Spain	23.2	26.2	26.1

European Union(27 countries)	10.0	10.7	10.7
U.S.	8.5	7.8	7.8
	*Oct 2011
	Source: Eurostat

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