World Bulletin / News Desk 

According to new Eurostat figures, unemployment rates in the eurozone hit a record high of 11.7 percent in October. 

Datas showed that more than 170,000 more jobs lost as the debt crisis continued to undermine an economy slumping into recession.

The highest unemployment rate was recorded in Spain, where 26.2 percent of adults are out of work, with Austria again posting the lowest rate of 4.3 percent and benchmark Germany and the Netherlands at 5.4 and 5.5 percent respectively.

In the 27 European countries, 25.92 million men and women were out of work.