Regional Unemployment Rates in the EU27 Ranged From 2.6% to 28.5% in 2006
added: 2007-12-11
Regional unemployment rates varied widely across the EU27 in 2006, from 2.6% in the regions of North Eastern Scotland in the United Kingdom and Bolzano/Bozen in Italy, to 28.5% in Guyane, a French Overseas Department. In the EU27 as a whole, the unemployment rate fell from 9.0% in 2005 to 8.2% in 2006. At regional level, rates fell in nearly three-quarters of the 266 NUTS 2 regions of the EU27 for which data are available.
