78/2010 - 1 June 2010 April 2010 Euro area unemployment rate at 10.1% EU27 at 9.7% The euro area1 (EA16) seasonally-adjusted2 unemployment rate3 was 10.1% in April 2010, compared with 10.0% in March4. It was 9.2% in April 2009. The EU271 unemployment rate was 9.7% in April 2010, unchanged compared with March4. It was 8.7% in April 2009. Eurostat estimates that 23.311 million men and women in th