In July 2017, 23.063 million persons were employed, +0.3% over June 2017. Unemployed were 2.950 million, +2.1% over the previous month.
Employment rate was 58.0%, +0.1 percentage points over June 2017, unemployment rate was 11.3%, +0.2 percentage points over the previous month, and inactivity rate was 34.4%, -0.3 percentage points in a month.
Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 35.5%, +0.3 percentage points over the previous month and youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 9.5%, +0.5 percentage points over June 2017.