In February 2018, 23.055 million persons were employed, +0.1% over January 2018. Unemployed were 2.835 million, -1.7% over the previous month.
Employment rate was 58.0%, unchanged over the previous month, unemployment rate was 10.9%, -0.2 percentage points over January 2018 and inactivity rate was 34.7%, +0.1 percentage points in a month. Youth unemployment rate (aged 15-24) was 32.8%, +0.3 percentage points over the previous month and youth unemployment ratio in the same age group was 8.6%, unchanged over January 2018.