In April 2017, 22.998 million persons were employed, +0.4% over March 2017. Unemployed were 2.880 million, -3.5% over the previous month.
Employment rate was 57.9%, +0.2 percentage points over March 2017, unemployment rate was 11.1%, -0.4 percentage points over the previous month, and inactivity rate was 34.7%, +0.1 percentage points in a month.
Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 34.0%, unchanged over March 2017 and youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 8.8%, -0.2 percentage points in a month.