PARIS  The unemployment rate in the euro zone hit double digits in November for the first time in more than a decade, tempering hopes for a rapid recovery in the job market.

Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics agency, said on Friday that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the 16 countries that use the euro rose to 10 percent in November, from 9.9 percent in October and 8 percent in November 2008.

For the euro area, the rate was the highest rate since 1998, a year before the euro was introduced.

The number of unemployed in November rose by 102,000, still a significant pace of increase although down from the monthly peak of 475,000 seen at the start of last year.

The unemployment rate for the broader 27-member European Union was 9.5 percent in November, from 9.4 percent in October and 7.5 percent in November 2008.