Drop in unemployment registered
Unemployment in Malta dropped from 7.1 per cent to 6.3 per cent in November, compared to the same month last year.
According to Eurostat, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the euro area was 10.1 per cent in November, unchanged from October and slightly higher than November last year, when it stood at 9.9 per cent.
The unemployment rate in the EU27 was 9.6 per cent, also unchanged from October and up from 9.4 per cent in November last year.
The lowest unemployment rates were recorded in the Netherlands (4.4 per cent), Luxembourg (4.8 per cent) and Austria (5.1 per cent), and the highest in Spain (20.6 per cent), Lithuania (18.3 per cent) and Latvia (18.2 per cent).
Compared to a year ago, the unemployment rate fell in six member states, including in Malta, it remained stable in three and increased in 18.
Between November 2009 and November 2010, the unemployment rate for males rose from 9.8 per cent to 9.9 per cent in the euro area and remained stable at 9.6 per cent in the EU27. The female unemployment rate increased from 9.9 per cent to 10.2 per cent in the euro area and from 9.2 per cent to 9.6 per cent in the EU27.
In November 2010, the youth unemployment rate (under-25s) was 20.7 per cent in the euro area and 21 per cent in the EU27.
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Mark Piscopo
Jan 7th 2011, 13:05
@George Scicluna
Naqbel mieghek li ha tkun ghadma iebsa hafna ghal Joseph Muscat jekk il poplu jtih lmandat biex jigverna bid dejn u disatru li ha jhallu warajhom. Imma hemm bahar jqasam bejn Joseph Muscat u Alfred Sant imma cert u perswaz li Dr Muscat g...handu il kuragg u determinazzjoni u kapaci jkun Prim Ministru. Dr Muscat qas baqa MEP fejn tilef eluf ta flus u qas accetta zieda li tah il Gvern, biex tara li mhuwiex greedy u nahseb li huwa laqwa leader li qatt kellhom il PL. Jekk il PL ma jerbahx l-elezzjoni b'Joseph Muscat jistaw jghalqu il-bibien tal kwartieri u nimxu taht il PN ghal dejjem. Din ha tkun lahhar cans ghal PL u ghal Malta wara 25sena ta PN kwart ta seklu. Imbghad f'idejn l-eletorat min hu komdu hafna u ma jridx il-bidla jerga jivvota PN.
George Scicluna
Jan 7th 2011, 13:42
@Mark Piscopo
Ir rebha tal PN hija certa, u bhal ma qedt inti wara 90 sena flahhar l MLP jghib mill istorja politika Maltija, u il PN jibqa imexxi ghal dejjem (li tant haqqu). Merhba bik minn issa :)
Alexander Farrugia
Jan 7th 2011, 13:56
Ghogbitni din ghax tghid, Sur Scicluna. Ghal li jista jkun ma tafx x'se jkunu n-numri tal-lottu tal-Erbgha li gej hux ukoll, forsi nirbah kemxa flus sewwa?
Joe Vella
Jan 7th 2011, 16:28
The Gloom and Doom Crowd takes the vast of Us as idiots. The Gloom and Doom crowd comes up with the most idiotic reasons to play down any good news. As if, the criteria used by Eurostat is not the same Europe wide. The Gloom and Doom crowd cannot be more dishonest with its' self.
joseph mifsud
Jan 7th 2011, 12:23
jien ma nahsibx li tghixu malta tafu li hawn kwazi 59000elf f riskju ta faqar go din l-art helwa.
Charmaine Marmara'
Jan 7th 2011, 13:07
ezatt !! naqbel mieghek 100%
Joe Dimech
Jan 7th 2011, 12:16
In the six months of my uneployment the queue on signing on day has more than doubled. Are they cooking the books?
George Scicluna
Jan 7th 2011, 12:06
Poor poor Joe. M.!!! Nithassru. Rebha ohra lill- PN u lill- isbejha Patria taghna, fejn ghal dawn l ahhar 23 sena kelna gid kbir b ritmu kontinwu, wara 16 il sena ta dlamijiet socjalista. Ghalhekk il PN b' Dr. Laurence Gonzi fi tmun, ser jerga jirbah l elezjoni b'margini ferm akbar, u b'sahhitom :)
Alexander Farrugia
Jan 7th 2011, 13:16
Ifhem, ma nahsibx li ghidt 'rebha ohra ghall-PN' fl-artikli ricenti ta' meta ghola l-gass, gholew il-petrol u d-diesel, u ghola l-halib.
C.Camilleri
Jan 7th 2011, 13:23
Alla baghtek x'dahka dahhaktni. Kelli bzonna wara gimgha li fiha ghola il-petrol id- diesel il-gass il-halib il hobz u ma nafx xhiex aktar ghax nsejt.
Ic-cajt izommok f'sahhtek. Grazzi u kompli sejjer hekk.
M.Borg
Jan 7th 2011, 13:26
Hahaha...Tajba George kif fqajtni!!!
Imma x'kellu x'jaqsam il-kumment tieghek mal-artiklu ezattament??
Mark Piscopo
Jan 7th 2011, 12:02
Is it true that we have 6.3percent of unemployment? People are getting struck off from the ETC registry for all sort of reasons. Malta has the lowest rate of people active in the workforce in the EU, which explains the ‘relative’ low unemployment rate, when compared with other EU countries. However, when it comes to ‘long term unemployment’, Malta finds itself above the EU average by 0.1%.Statistics reveal that there are 12,000 unemployed in Malta, with ETC statistics adding that there are 7, 758 people registering for a job
Joe Micallef
Jan 7th 2011, 15:03
Your objectivity and logic are impressive!
John pule`
Jan 7th 2011, 11:49
Ahjar tara x`ser tghamel bil haddiema ta l-Airmalta sur gvern, kumpanija li intom fallejtu u minfuq tissussidjaw lill lowcost airlines b`miljuni ta euros biex tkomplu tgherrquha!!
w caruana
Jan 7th 2011, 11:48
This statistics adds insult to injury and is just a cheap propoganda and is a far outcry of the reality experienced in Malta. People are getting struck off from the ETC registry for all sort of reasons jsut to keep it low, offering courses which once finished don't offer any realistic job opportuniites but in the meantime you are not counted as unemployed.
Rest assured the real figur is much higher then this and treat this news with a pinch of salt, see you all on Friday 14 th in Valletta and count to number of grisgruntled people NSO!
Jeremy J Camilleri
Jan 7th 2011, 11:47
Of course the fact that Malta currently enjoys the highest figure for unemployed females doesn't bother women like Marthese and Esther..
The fact that we are not told whether these jobs are part time are full time also doesn't bother these folks....
Of course the fact that people now depend on part time jobs as their main income doesn't worry people living in bubbles...Statistics are fine and rosy..its reading and interpreting them that might complicate matters...
r spiteri
Jan 7th 2011, 11:38
Nahseb dan ir-rizultat huwa frott tat-tgergir ta' kuljum mill-Labour....fuq super 1, fuq blogs, fuq gurnal ta' union....ejja nahdmu u mhux immaqdru biss.
u fl-Italja gara dan :
Disoccupazione giovanile record: 28,9%
A novembre i senza lavoro restano all'8,7%. Sensibile aumento invece per i giovani: toccato il massimo storico
Mark Attard
Jan 7th 2011, 12:27
I was struck off the unemployment register simply because I found a part time job in a hotel, I do not make enough money to get by an have to rely on my parents. Do I have to thank your gonzi for this?
M.Cachia
Jan 7th 2011, 12:41
So let me see if i got this Mr. Attard. You are complaining that you're not on the unemployment register because you have employment? The mind boggles...
Etienne Camilleri
Jan 7th 2011, 13:05
@ M.Cachia .. Do you seriously think that a part time job is enough for these rough times we're facing!?!? My God, people today become blind so easily! God bless you for your lack of thinking!!
mario gellel
Jan 7th 2011, 11:37
Are those thousands of part time workers as thier only income recorded as fully employed??
Mhux li ibelalha il-gvern tghid Eurostat!!!!!!!!!
G Fenech
Jan 7th 2011, 13:26
It hurts when Govt initiatives pay off doesn't it? Viva il par idejn sodi!! U gawdi maghna habib - ghax ghandek ix-xoghol!
mario gellel
Jan 7th 2011, 15:24
@G.Feneck
Ix-xoghol hu dover u obligu ta kull gvern li jissuplixxihulek u mhux xi rigal. Pero il-kundizjonijiet u il-paga li jati kaz il-bniedem. Issa jekk tilbes l-uniformi sabiha tieghi u tahdem ghal paga mizera minima ghax dak l-uniku xoghol li min ghandu naqra eta kbira jista isib, lest nara jekk narakx tifrah.
John Micallef
Jan 7th 2011, 11:35
Jien nahdem go fabbrika li kienet se taghlaq minhabba li naqsu l-ordnijiet minn barra minn Malta. Kont bdejt nahdem fuq 4 day week. Il-Gvern ghen lill-fabbrika fejn nahdem u ergajt bdejt nahdem gimgha shiha u nahdem l-overtime.
Lili kien jaqbilli li nhallas ftit aktar ghal gas (li jigi wkoll minn barra) izda jkolli l-paga mill-impjieg tieghi.
Stephen Barbaro Sant
Jan 7th 2011, 12:20
Nahseb aqta x` paga ghandek la qed tahdem go fabbrika Malta!! Jien ukoll kont nahdem go fabbrika u il-professjoni tieghi hi electrical engineer u kont naqla paga ta madwar EUR900 fix xhar, biex nghaddi kelli nghamel bhalek u nahdem kwazi sebgha t'ijiem fil gimgha!!! Dak skjavitur jigi mhux xoghol. Malajr qabzitli u sibt xoghol barra minn Malta fejn nithallas erbgha darbiet iktar u nahdem hamest ijiem fil gimgha!! Hafna mill Maltin tant huma brainwashed bil politika li saru jirragunaw bhan nies tal korea ta fuq fejn jirringrazzjaw lid dittatur ta pajjizhom talli jghatihom bicca hobs x`jieklu!! Fejn marru dawk il-weghdi li il- pagi ta malta ser jgholew bhall dawk ta l-EU?
Marthese Zammit
Jan 7th 2011, 11:32
F'pajjizi ohra qed jintilfu l-impjiegi u f'Malta qed jigi garantit ix-xoghol u jonqos il-qghad.
Esther Abela
Jan 7th 2011, 11:31
Government's iniatives are paying dividends in a drop in unemployment and increase in employment.