6. Unemployment among older people in the EU - Chart 6

In 2014, the unemployment rate for people aged 50 and over has almost reached 20 per cent in Spain, 13.9 per cent more than the pre-crisis period. As for other Airmulp countries, they all have values below the EU28 average, though in Italy the proportion of older people unemployed has more than doubled since the beginning of the economic crisis (from 2.4 to 6.3 per cent).