Compared with the same month a year earlier, the jobless rate was also 0.1 percentage points higher in April, the data showed.
An estimated 712,000 people were unemployed and looking for work in April, from 705,000 a month earlier. Male jobless rate was 7.8%, while female unemployment reached 6.7%.
The figures refer to people aged between 15 and 74 and are based on the definition recommended by the International Labor Organization.
The unemployment rate for people aged 25-74 was 5.9% in April, the data showed. The latter category made up for 75% of the total jobless people in the fourth month of 2013.