Eurozone unemployment in October slipped to its lowest level since January 2012, official data showed on Tuesday, beating analyst expectations and confirming a slow recovery in Europe's job market.

The European Union's Eurostat agency said unemployment in the 19-country single currency bloc fell to 10.7 percent in October from 10.8 percent in September. 

Economists surveyed by the Factset data company had forecast no change in the jobless rate over the period