(ANSA) - Brussels, April 26 - Calabria remains among the
worst regions in the EU for youth joblessness, Eurostat said
Thursday.
With a rate of 55.6% in 2017, the southern Italian region
placed fifth last year compared to third in 2016 with 58.7%, the
European statistics agency said.
Worse than Calabria were Spain's Moroccan enclave of Melilla
(62.7%), the Greek island of Voreio Aiagiao (58.2%, the Greek
region of Ipeiros (58%), and the French overseas territory of
Mayotte.
Campania (54.7%, seventh) and Sicily (52.9%, tenth) also made
the top ten for 15-24-year-old jobless, Eurostat said.
Calabria 5th for youth jobless in EU (3)
Campania 7th, Sicily 10th