The Czech Republic boasted the lowest jobless rate in the bloc in September, at 2.2 percent, while Germany and Malta were tied in third place behind Poland, each with 3 percent, according to the Eurostat agency.
Meanwhile, Spain had the highest seasonally-adjusted jobless rate in the EU, at 12.7 percent, while Greek unemployment was the second-highest at 11.8 percent, the agency's data showed.
Eurostat reported that the EU average for September was 6 percent, stable compared with August.
Poland’s statistics office (GUS), which uses a different methodology, reported last week that the Polish jobless rate dropped to 5.1 percent in September, from 5.2 percent in August.
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Source: IAR, PAP, europa.eu/eurostat