Greek unemployment rate eased to 26.8% of the workforce in March, from 26.9% in February, with the number of unemployed people totaling 1,275,000, Eurostat said on Tuesday.

In a report released in Brussels, the EU executive’s statistics office said Greek unemployment rate remained the highest in the EU, followed by Spain with 25.1% (May figures), while Austria (4.7%), Germany (5.1%) and Malta (5.7%) recorded the lowest unemployment rates. In the EU, the unemployment rate eased to 10.3% in May from 10.4% in April, while in the Eurozone, the unemployment rate was unchanged at 11.6%.

The unemployment rate among men was 23.8% in March, from 23.9% in February and 30.6% among women from 30.7% in February. Unemployment among young people aged below 25 years old was 57.7% in March, up from 57.1% in February. In the Eurozone, the unemployment rate among men was 11.5%, among women 11.7% and among young people 23.3%. During the last 12 months, the unemployment rate fell in 21 member-states, it rose in six and remained unchanged in Austria.