Registered unemployed at 6,828
The registered unemployed in July decreased by 693 to 6,828 compared to the same month last year but increased by nearly one per cent over the previous month, the National Statistics Office said.
The number of registered unemployed totalled 6,140 in Malta and 688 in Gozo.
Over the one-year period to July, unemployment decreased by 620 and 73 in Malta and Gozo, respectively.
There was a significant reduction in the number of registered unemployed across all age groups.
A different pattern was obtained in June whereby the number of registered unemployed aged 45 and over increased by 1.1 per cent.
In July, people registering as unemployed for less than one year decreased by 875 when compared to July 2009. In contrast, those registering for employment for over one year increased by 182.
The number of people with a disability under Part 1 of the unemployment register stood at 421. Of these, 82.4 per cent were men and 17.6 per cent were women.
Among unemployed men, occupations in crafts and related trades were the most common, whereas women sought more clerical or service-oriented jobs.
In February, the registered unemployment rate stood at 5.2 per cent of the labour supply. On a gender basis, the unemployment rate for men stood at 5.9 per cent, while that for women stood at 3.6 per cent.
The long-term unemployment rate, referring to persons who have been registering for work for more than 12 months, stood at 1.8 per cent.
Among workers aged 45 and over, the unemployment rate was 5.2 per cent. This rate in respect of those under 25 stood at 6.8 per cent.
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Stephen Koludrovic
Aug 27th 2010, 08:08
Unfortunately this is not the right statistics of the unemployed. it does not seem to take into account the number of African immigrants that are also entitled to work but are conveniently not counted.
in my opinion The real unemployment figure would be hovering closer to 14000 persons.
R.Borg
Aug 26th 2010, 17:03
Kemm minn dawn is-6828 ma jridux jahdmu ghax ma jridux u ma jaqbillhomx!
Charles Massa
Aug 26th 2010, 16:33
Viva l Europa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Peter Shaw
Aug 26th 2010, 14:12
The decrease in unemployment can be attributed to people being struck off the unemployment register because they broke the rules.And not because they found a job ! ETC is very good at striking people off the unemployment register for genuine mistakes.
A. zahra
Aug 26th 2010, 14:42
Please provide proof of your statement or else....
T Camilleri
Aug 26th 2010, 16:15
A. zahra go collect your receipt from ETC.
r pace bonello
Aug 26th 2010, 13:27
" Among unemployed men, occupations in crafts and related trades were the most common".I wonder if this includes plumbers, electricians, painters, handymen or carpenters! Just try and find out - forget about the charges! Something is very wrong here and the Government must draw the obvious conclusions. I cannot simply believe that there are so many unemployed people when there are thousands of foreigners working legally. People who are genuinely unemployed should be helped but the bums have to be weeded out.
D. Scerri
Aug 26th 2010, 13:08
Fenech Adami mohhu mistrieh mela ghax hu kien jghid li meta l-qaghad jazbez is-7000 ikun hawn problema fil-pajjiz. zzzzzzzzzzz
Joe Vella
Aug 26th 2010, 13:40
@ D. Scerri
When EFA made that statements Malta's workforce was under 100,000. Today's Workforce is at near 150,000. If you cannot calculate in real terms the difference or is ignorant of the facts, if it was me I wouldn't comment at all; neither should you.
Wayne Scicluna
Aug 26th 2010, 13:56
172 fadal... zid lili ax spiccajt bla xol illum... igifiri 171 fadal...
D. Scerri
Aug 26th 2010, 14:19
@Joe Vella, as you seem very well informed, rather than calculate the number in real terms ask those who are unemployed they will explain to you the meaning of these numbers and what it means today to be without a job.
Robert Zerafa
Aug 26th 2010, 12:50
~Kieku muscat qieghed fil gvern mhawn hadd bla job!
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