In December 2017, 23.067 million persons were employed, -0.3% over November 2017. Unemployed were 2.791 million, -1.7% over the previous month.
Employment rate was 58.0%, -0.2 percentage points over the previous month, unemployment rate was 10.8% -0.1 percentage points over November 2017 and inactivity rate was 34.8%, +0.3 percentage points in a month.
Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 32.2%, -0.2 percentage points over the previous month and youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 8.2%, -0.2 percentage points over November 2017.