SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES (%)

Country          Aug 2011      Aug 2012
Greece*          45.8          55.4
Spain            47.2          52.9
Portugal         30.3          35.9
Ireland          30.6          34.7
Italy            28.9          34.5
Slovakia         34.2          31.5
Bulgaria         23.4          29.4
Latvia*          31.7          29.3
Hungary          26.2          28.9
Cyprus           23.2          26.9
Poland           25.9          25.9
Sweden           22.2          25.7
France           22.1          25.2
Lithuania        32.5          24.8
Romania*         23.8          23.0
Estonia*         22.0          22.8
United Kingdom   22.0          21.0
Slovenia*        15.6          18.6
Czech Rep        18.1          18.5
Luxembourg       18.0          18.3
Finland          20.0          18.2
Belgium          20.2          17.7
U.S.             17.6          16.8
Malta            13.6          16.6
Denmark          14.6          14.2
Austria           6.9           9.7
Netherlands       7.5           9.4
Germany           8.5           8.1
Norway            8.8           8.0

*Data for June 2012

Source: Eurostat
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