In April 2018, 23.200 million persons were employed, +0.3% over March. Unemployed were 2.912 million, +0.6% over the previous month.
Employment rate was 58.4%, +0.1 percentage points over the previous month, unemployment rate was 11.2%, steady over March 2018 and inactivity rate was 34.0%, -0.2 percentage points in a month.
Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 31.1%, +0.6 percentage points over the previous month and youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 8.9%, +0.3 percentage points over March 2018.