31/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - In July 2010, the eurozone unemployment rate was 10.0%, unchanged compared to June. One year earlier, it was 9.6%. In the EU27, the unemployment rate was 9.6%, also unchanged compared to one month earlier. In July 2009, it stood at 9.1%. According to data published on Tuesday 31 August by Eurostat, the lowest unemployment rates were recorded in Austria (3.8%) and in the Netherlands (4.4% in June 2010) and the highest in Spain (20.3%), Latvia (20.1% during the first quarter of 2010) and Estonia (18.6% during second quarter 2010). Over one year, three member states recorded a fall in the unemployment rate (Austria from 5.1% to 3.8%; Malta from 7.3% to 6.5%; and Germany from 7.6% to 6.9%), two member states remained stable and 22 notched up an increase, especially Latvia (from 13.5% to 20.1% between the first quarters 2009 and 2010) and Lithuania (from 11.2% to 17.3% between the first quarters of 2009 and 2010). In July 2010, the unemployment rate was 9.5% in the United States and 5.2% in Japan). (A.B./transl.jl)