In April, the number of persons registering for work stood at 1,847 decreasing by 28.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2017, the NSO said today.

Registered Unemployed: April 2018

Data provided by Jobsplus for April 2018 indicate a decline of 616 persons registering under Part I and a decrease of 114 among those registering under Part II of the unemployment register, when compared to April 2017. Registered unemployed dropped among all age groups.

Registrants for work decreased when compared to April 2017, irrespective of how long they had been registering for work. 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 8 when compared to the previous year, reaching 283. Men accounted for 74.9 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 19.8 per cent and 37.8 per cent respectively.

The registered unemployment rate in December 2017 stood at 1.1 per cent of the labour supply, (excluding part-time employment) and varied from 1.3 per cent among men to 0.8 per cent among women.