234.2 million men and women were employed in the EU in the first three months of 2017
The European Union registered an increase in the employment rate in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the previous quarter, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
The national accounts estimates published by Eurostat, figures which are seasonally adjusted, show that the number of people employed increased by 0.4% in both the euro area (EA19) and in the EU28 in the first three months of this year. In the fourth quarter of 2016, employment increased also by 0.4% in both areas.
“Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment increased by 1.5% in the euro area and by 1.4% in the EU28 in the first quarter of 2017 (after +1.4% and +1.1% respectively in the fourth quarter of 2016). Eurostat estimates that, in the first quarter of 2017, 234.2 million men and women were employed in the EU28, of which 154.8 million were in the euro area, highest levels ever recorded in both areas,” according to the report released by the statistical office of the European Union.
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The same source points out that, among the Member States, Estonia (+2.8%), Malta (+1.7%), Sweden (+1.2%) and Ireland (+1.1%) had the highest increases in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the previous quarter.
On the other hand, the most notable decreases in employment were registered in Latvia (-1.9%), Romania (-1.2%), Croatia (-0.6%) and Lithuania (-0.5%).
Employment in the UK
In the last four quarters, the United Kingdom registered a constant rise of employment rate, both compared to the previous quarter and the same quarter of the previous year. Thus, in the first quarter, the employment rate was 0.4% higher than the previous three months and 1.2% higher than in Q1 2017 vs Q1 2016.
In the last three months of 2016, the employment rate rose by 0.1% compared to 1 July – 30 September 2016 and by 0.9% compared to the same quarter of 2015.
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