India, Aug. 4 -- Spain's unemployment increased unexpectedly in July but the overall number of unemployed people remained the lowest for the month since 2007, figures from the labor ministry revealed Tuesday.

The number of unemployed increased 19,517 in July from the previous month, confounding expectations for a decline of 18,400.

Registered unemployment totalled 2.31 million, the lowest for July since 2007. Compared to last year, unemployment decreased 93,107 or 3.87 percent in July.

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