In December 2016, 22.783 million persons were employed, unchanged with November. Unemployed were 3.103 million, +0.3% over the previous month.

Employment rate was 57.3%, unemployment rate was 12.0% and inactivity rate was 34.8%, all unchanged over the previous month.

Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 40.1%, +0.2 percentage points over November and youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 10.9%, +0.1 percentage points in a month.