Claim: The UK unemployment rate is about half the Eurozone average.
Fact-check: Does the UK have lower unemployment than the Eurozone? - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. the uk rate is 4.4% compared to the eurozone average of 9.1%, using the latest comparable figures for april to june 2017. some countries like germany still have lower rates.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2017-11-10T00:00:00