In August 2016, 22,768 million people were employed, +0.1% compared with July. Unemployed were 2,932 million, -0.1% over the previous month.

Employment rate was 57.3%, unemployment rate was 11.4% and inactivity rate was 35.2%, all unchanged over the previous month. Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 38.8%, -0.4 percentage points over July and youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 10.2%, -0.1 percentage points in a month.