In August, the number of persons registering for work stood at 2,489, decreasing by 23.7 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year, the National Statistics Office said today.
Data provided by Jobsplus for August indicate a decline of 718 persons registering under Part I and a decrease of 54 among those registering under Part II of the unemployment register, when compared to August 2016.
Registered unemployed dropped among all age groups, except among those persons under age 20.
Registrants for work decreased when compared to August 2016, irrespective of how long they had been registering. The only increase was recorded among females registering for over one year.
The largest decrease in registrants was recorded among persons who had been registering for less than 21 weeks. The number of persons with a disability who were registering for work also dropped by 73 when compared to the previous year, reaching 289.
Men accounted for 74.7 per cent of total registrants with a disability. The largest share of men and women on the unemployment register sought occupations as clerical support workers with 18.6 per cent and 37.3 per cent respectively.
The registered unemployment rate in March 2017 stood at 1.4 per cent of the labour supply, (excluding part-time employment) and varied from 1.6 per cent among men to 1.0 per cent among women.