Unemployment reaches 7,521
A total of 7,521 persons were registered as unemployed in September , an increase of 1,425 persons when compared to the same month last year, the NSO said today. The figure was down from 7,743 in August.
The NSO said there were 6,751 persons without a job in Malta and 770 in Gozo.
In the 12 months to September 2009, the persons registering for work in Malta increased by 1,350 (25 per cent), whilst those registering for work in Gozo went up by 75 (11 per cent).
Over the same period, the number of men on the unemployment register increased by 1,306 (21.7 per cent), whilst the number of women increased by 389 (29.2 per cent).
Between September 2008 and September 2009, all age groups saw an increase in the number of registered unemployed. The larger year on year percentage increases were in the ‘Under 20’ and ‘20 and 24’ age brackets.
In the twelve months to September 2009, those persons who had been registering for work for under 20 weeks increased by 595 (20.7 per cent). On the other hand, the persons whose duration of unemployment exceeded the 52 weeks increased by 350 (16.7 per cent).
On a gender basis, the unemployment rate for men stood at 5.4 per cent, while the unemployment rate for women stood at 3.5 per cent. The long-term unemployment rate, referring to people who had been registering for work for more than twelve months, stood at 1.5 per cent. The unemployment rate among older workers (45 and over) stood at 4.8 per cent while the unemployment rate among young people (under 25) stood at 6.1 per cent.
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lgalea
Nov 5th 2009, 22:56
Frank Muscat
That's what people should be worried about. More than 8,000 foreigners from all parts of the world and thousands of illegal immigrats working while we have more than 7500 Maltese citizens out of work and more than 12,000 looking for a job. No foreigner except those married to a Maltese citizens should be allowed to work in Malta until all Maltese citizens are all working.
Sarah Camilleri
The more than 8,000 working abroad are emigrants who went legally to other countries when those countries wanted immigration. We do not want and need immigration and foreign workers.
charles zammit
Nov 5th 2009, 22:25
this is another blow to the man who boasts of having strong arms.boasting is one thing reality is another. unfortuantely the number of unemployment have gone up but the gonzipn apoglogists try to find solace in everything except the real thing. we are experiencing an economic meltdown which will be further aggrivated by increases in the price of electricity and water....
Maxine Pace
Oct 1st 2010, 17:18
@ Charles Zammit No one ever mentioned politics but you had to.. As a matter of fact, it doesnt make a difference wether there is one party in favour or another. The world is going through a bad phase which is resulting to people losing their jobs. However, being a small island, we have not been affected that much therefore proving that these facts are being given to us to know that we werent hit that badly with the recession. For all those complaining about the 8000 foreigners living and working here, did you know that most of them brought their companies to Malta is the tax is less here than what they would pay in their home countries therefore resulting the Malta having a fairly low unemployment rate. Also, did you all know that more than 500,000 Maltese people live in Australia alone? therefore its a give and take situation with employing foreigners and Maltese being employeed abroad.
c. camilleri
Nov 5th 2009, 16:06
This is all rubbish. Having all these foreigners ( including refugees) working legally or not plus the many Maltese registering for work while working illegally one can come to the only conclusion that statistics are not reliable. More law enforcement will give us a more realistic figure.
Paul Smith
Nov 5th 2009, 15:46
wow that is very high indeed, broken down per capita when compared to the UK - Thats almost 9 million if Malta were the UK.
Maybe my Math is incorrect, but that is indeed very high, no wonder crime seems to be rising so high.
Would the Times like to tell us how this is effecting those individuals whom had home loans, surley reposessions must be getting higher. Why is the true state of affairs being hidden?
Is their a newspaper in Malta that is fair and balanced instead of giving us propoganda, by saying things like: Compared to the rest of Europe - Malta has faired well - when this is simply not the truth. And yesterday - EU economists saying Malta economy will grow - i tell you, these experts just make it all up, non of them saw it all coming, but now they see it allgetting better?
Can i be an expert Please? I seem to have got things a lot mor correct than most of thev experts!
Alan Borg
Nov 5th 2009, 14:45
@ F.Diepveen:
I live in a Nordic country and it is the same.
Mis-sema l'isfel, kulhadd xorta. Tutto il mondo e' paese. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. Se cuecen habas por todas partes. Det er intet nytt under solen.
Sarah Camilleri
Nov 5th 2009, 14:31
@ Frank Muscat... there are also more than 8000 Maltese working abroad, surely - so that should be taken into account
F.Diepveen
Nov 5th 2009, 12:44
Its not only worrying but a blooming nightmare i say and this is only the beginning. We are from mainland Europe and in my country we have the very same problem, they call it re-organising the system, i noticed many times here in Gozo and in Malta why on earth i see 3 -4 men doing the job of one man. I see council workers ie., one digging, one holding a shavel, and the other two day dreaming as what to do next. Its nothing but a laugh... the Maltese way of doing things i guess, plus the fact not long ago a workman made arrangements to do some work at our big farm house, cause we have an extra large swimming pool and needed some tiling, yet this man never turned up and no phone calls or any excuses nothing. i suppose thats the way you people do things, but its not good enough so we're off to see the wild west show as they say making arrangements to sell (if one is willing to buy as it might takes us years before i can sell my property, but then its our fault for buying & not renting.
Bye.
Frank Muscat
Nov 5th 2009, 12:33
Can the Govt. explain to us mortals why there are over 7000 unemployed and 8000 foreigners employed in Malta?
J Oatmon
Nov 5th 2009, 12:14
Virtually the whole world is suffering from increased unemployment.
That said I wonder if - part time/illict/low wage/unreported/unofficial cash only - employment of immigrants is making matters worse in Malta?
They get pocket money from the taxpayer (or EU perhaps), but I am sure most of them want to supplement the income - the question is how illict employment or crime?
Noel Galea
Nov 5th 2009, 11:31
That's a whopping 24% increase....quite worrying indeed.