97/2010 - 2 July 2010 May 2010 Euro area unemployment rate at 10.0% EU27 at 9.6% The euro area1 (EA16) seasonally-adjusted2 unemployment rate3 was 10.0% in May 2010, unchanged compared with April4. It was 9.4% in May 2009. The EU271 unemployment rate was 9.6% in May 2010, unchanged compared with April4. It was 8.9% in May 2009. Eurostat estimates that 23.127 million men and women in the EU27, o