29/2010 - 1 March 2010 January 2010 Euro area unemployment rate at 9.9% EU27 at 9.5% The euro area1 (EA16) seasonally-adjusted2 unemployment rate3 was 9.9% in January 2010, the same as in December 20094. It was 8.5% in January 2009. The EU271 unemployment rate was 9.5% in January 2010, unchanged compared with December 20094. It was 8.0% in January 2009. Eurostat estimates that 22.979 million me