The unemployment rate in the OECD area was steady at 6.7% in September 2015, 1.4 percentage points below its peak level in January 2013.
Overall, 40.9 million people were unemployed in the OECD area, 8 million fewer than in January 2013, but still 6.4 million more than in July 2008, just before the crisis.
In September, the euro area unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points, to 10.8%, its lowest level since January 2012. Within the euro area, the largest drop was observed in Spain (a decrease of 0.2 percentage points, to 21.6%, declining every month for two years now), while the unemployment rate was slightly down or stable in other countries.
The unemployment rate was stable in September in Japan (at 3.4%) and the United States (at 5.1%), while it increased in Canada (by 0.1 percentage points, to 7.1%).
More recent data shows that in October 2015, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.1 percentage points in the United States (to 5.0%) and in Canada (to 7.0%).
