Unemployment rises to 7,013
The number of registered unemployed persons in October reached 7,013, up by 7.3 per cent over the same month last year.
The NSO said that unemployment among men increased by 258, or 5.0 per cent, while unemployment among women went up by 217, or 15.5 per cent.
In the twelve-month period to October, unemployment increased among most age groups.
Women showed a marked increase in registration, with those aged 25 to 29 going up by 15.2 per cent, those aged 30 to 44 rising by 11.1 per cent, and those aged 45 and over increasing by 25.2 per cent. Male registrants increased across all groups with the exception of those aged under 20.
Registered unemployed in Malta went up by 448, or 7.7 per cent, while their counterparts in Gozo rose by 27, or 3.9 per cent. On the mainland, registered unemployed women went up by 17.5 per cent, while their counterparts in Gozo increased by 5.0 per cent.
Over a one-year period, persons registering for work under Part 1 of the unemployment register went up by 461, or 7.9 per cent, while registrants under Part 2 went up by 14, or 2.1 per cent. Part 1 registrants aged 45 and over increased by 11.6 per cent, while Part 2 registrants within the same age group decreased by 6.8 per cent. On the other hand, trends in unemployent of the under 20 category differed between Part 1 and 2. In this regard, Part
1 registrants decreased by 5.3 per cent whereas Part 2 registrants increased by 16.0 per cent.
When compared to October 2011, the number of persons who had been out of work for more than one year increased by 233, or 10.1 per cent. On the other hand, persons who have been on the unemployment register for less than 21 weeks rose by 48, or 1.6 per cent.
Registered unemployment rate: June 2012
In June, the registered unemployment rate stood at 4.2 per cent of the labour supply (excluding part-timers): 5.0 per cent for men and 2.7 per cent for women.
The unemployment rate for persons registering under Part 1 stood at 4.7 per cent among persons aged 45 and over, and 4.5 per cent for persons under 25 years of age.
The unemployment rate of persons who had been registering for work for at least one year under Part 1 of the unemployment register stood at 1.5 per cent: 1.9 per cent for men and 0.7 per cent for women
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Paul Bajada
Nov 27th 2012, 07:36
So what has GonziPN doing in the last 14 months or so? Trying to calm down the PN inparty fighting or taking care of the country as they are duty bound to do so?
The results are written on the wall for all to see! They told us there is no crisis... Well there you go. If there wasn't any crisis, then why the drastic rise in unemployment?
Illuminate us Dr. Gonzi!
David Borg
Nov 26th 2012, 23:28
It is still lower than: (a) the EU average: (b) the UK, (c) the US, (d) France, (e) Italy, etc
To get some perspective I would suggest ToM commenters do some reading: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AjI0Eo6IUSaHdDk4QnUtX0VaTlowWHhYOG5MZkpYRWc&type=view&gid=0&f=true&sortcolid=13&sortasc=true&rowsperpage=250
ANTHONY PAVIA
Nov 27th 2012, 10:36
I suggest you compare instead the ratio of the Public sector to the Private sector in the countries you mention. You might be in for a nasty surprise, even with the notoriously corruption laden Italy.
David Borg
Nov 27th 2012, 15:12
Those are 70s / early 80s statistics.
Chris Harris
Nov 26th 2012, 19:32
So now Malta too is joining the club with the rest of us in europe. the unemployed association of europe.
Charles Massa
Nov 26th 2012, 18:22
Il pajjiz ilu ghaddej minn instabbilita minn Jannar ta 2012. Dan kellhu effett fuq l ekonomija u ghal hekk is 7000 unemployed. Barra minn hekk hawn hafna bi impieg prekarju u ohrajn part time bix xoghol principali. Dan huwa certifikat ta GONZIPN. Ghal xejn jipprova jispjega li sab 20,000 impieg. Issa l istatistika tatu r risposta tal inefficjenza tal gvern.
Anthony Pace Gouder
Nov 26th 2012, 19:19
Imma haga tassew stramba li nnotajt taht Dr.Gonzi hi li l-figura ta' persuni bla XOGHOL dejjem tilghab bejn is-SITT ELF u kif TITLA aktar minn SEBA' TELEF wara ftit zmien terga tinzel TAHT jew kemm kemm fuq is-seba telef .
Hallini nfakkrek li f-XARABANk, f'hin minnhom, Gonzi hareg bit-teorija li 4,000 fis-sena qed JIGRADDWAW mill-Universita, dan imultiplika b'hamsa u malajr gab l-20,000 !
Peter Murray
Nov 26th 2012, 18:20
Both very worrying statistics but especially the massive increase in unemployed women.Is this a harbinger of things to come ?
Paul Bajada
Nov 26th 2012, 16:15
GonziPN should go into hiding... Since over a year with all their internal party strife, they have ignored the country.They have concentrated on their survival instead of concentrating on the country's needs.
Now look at the result! Because of GonziPNs survival tactics, the maltese lost 7,013 jobs. Well done! Keep it up. You must have the cheek to say there has been no crisis!
John Gatt
Nov 26th 2012, 17:21
You must have taken your education under a Labour government. The Maltese have not lost any jobs, but 7,000 are registering for work. did you realise that more women are registering for work? that the gainfully occupied population has consistently increased over the past years? This is not thanks to labour and the exact the opposite of what is happening in europe!
David Borg
Nov 26th 2012, 23:40
@Paul - 7,000 is the TOTAL unemployed not jobs lost. This includes the people who do not want to work, those that do work 'on the side' (read cash only bla ircevuta), women returning to the workforce, etc. More reading less commenting.
Paul Bajada
Nov 27th 2012, 07:32
@John Gatt
Indeed, I have taken education under a Labour government, that is why I am not an early school leaver and graduated from University of Malta under the rector Peter Serracino Inglott.
Yes we have 7,000 people and over registering for work because they lost their jobs one day or another! Read into the age groups! if you can go as far!
Paul Bajada
Nov 27th 2012, 08:49
@David Borg
Sorry mate. you got a wrong impression or you were mislead. When people refuse to work, they are struck off the unemployment register. So those 7,013 do not include people who refuse to work but actually people who are registering for work and want to work... a whole lot different
As for those who work on the side... many do it including doctors, lawyers, notaries etc
David Borg
Nov 27th 2012, 15:16
@Paul - suggest you have a word with people who accept "candidates" from ETC who do everything to get fired since they prefer benefits to an honest day's work. And before you retort with wage levels these people have zero skills other than half an O'level & zero experience.
As for professionals they are automatically classed as self-employed, I know because I am one of them.
Steve Elliott
Nov 26th 2012, 15:55
what do you expect when so many maltese/gozitans that i know have second jobs. its not through necessity its more greed.,
Peter Murray
Nov 26th 2012, 18:23
This has always been thus Steve and most people cannot differentiate between need and greed -for 2 jobs are needed to operate 2 cars!
Matthew Grima
Nov 27th 2012, 12:51
If I want another car and I am prepared to work for it, why shouldn't I? And why should you stop me?
Mr Joe Cardona
Nov 26th 2012, 15:49
Imbaghad jigi jghid li instabu 20,000 impieg. B'min qed jahsbu li se jidhqu. Lanqas bin-nies taghhom stess li zgur hemm minnhom ilhom snin jirregistraw.
Le wasalna f'xifer l-irdum. Ara ma jghidx fil-Budget li kollox sejjer sew.
Mr Emanuel Farrugia
Nov 26th 2012, 15:37
Unemployment rises to 7,013
"Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi describes the Nationalist Party as the ‘catalyst of change’ and says PN’s electoral programme will focus on work, education and health".
Emanuel Farrugia former Executive Secretary Mtarfa Local Council
Ronnie Callus
Nov 26th 2012, 15:26
Huge part of this number should have been engaged in'Smart City'.
stephen mifsud
Nov 26th 2012, 15:05
ok so 7000 unemplyed and the PN Gnzi claims they created 20,000 jobs ok so we have a surplus of jobs (13,000) not being filled right so why the 7000 unemployed ???? this is magic ??? wow ,,,,yeah right so we need 13,000 workers to fill positons that are just waiting to be filled ... Malta is Magicland !!!!!
P Sciberras
Nov 26th 2012, 16:33
Mr Kottman-Soler, can you please illuminate us which formula that you are quoting the EU is using ?because according to you, there is nearly full employment in Greece, Spain and the rest of the EU,EXELLENT.
Mr Stefan Kottmann-Soler
Nov 26th 2012, 19:34
P Sciberras - The news article above concludes by quoting the unemploymet percentage for over 45-year olds, and those under 45. Both percentage figures are below 5%. Official unemploymet in Greece and Spain is well above 20%.
Mr Stefan Kottmann-Soler
Nov 26th 2012, 14:24
The real news is that unemployment is really low - just under 5%! I don't look at absolute figures, you have to look at percentages. Three percent in economics is termed full employment. So we are actually not far off from full employment. Excellent!
Joseph Bugeja
Nov 26th 2012, 15:57
Actually it's not how many are working or not but the kind of jobs available and their pay. The Soviet Union used to have full employment (not even 3% unemployed) but the wage could hardly buy them the bare necessities.
Most of our wages are peanuts and we are being bypassed even by the ex-communist countries. Slovenia and the Czech Republic are the first two.
Not so excellent!
Charles Massa
Nov 26th 2012, 18:24
Mur ghid hekk lil dawk is 7000 unemployed. Dawn bix xoghol jieklu u mhux bl istattistika tal ekonomija tal kotba!!!!!
Mr Stefan Kottmann-Soler
Nov 26th 2012, 19:30
Joseph Bugeja - Yes, we still have to raise our average wage, but this report is about unemployment. As for wages, statistics are not excellent but we are closing in on the EU average.
Charles Massa - Jekk ikun hemm xi hadd bla xoghol, ma nistghux inkunu kuntenti ghal kollox. Izda xi qghad dejjem ser ikun hemm. Il-kumment tieghi mhux intenzjonat li jkun insensittiv lejn dawn in-nies.
Luke Bonnici
Nov 26th 2012, 14:08
It's ok quoting these official figures, but it would make much more sense to perhaps quote these figures in terms of other figures, e.g. overall population, working age population, etc... etc... Also which parts of Malta have experienced the greatest increase in unemployment? and what sectors / skills are people seeking employment in?
Joseph Borg
Nov 26th 2012, 15:17
Your questions will be answered during the evening news. You'll notice that Net TV will convert these numbers into workforce growth and investment. While One will inflate the numbers by another 1,500 to incorporate the self-employeed as well. You'll have enough numbers to play Super 5 and win! I can't assure you what PBS will come up with as they depend on news balance. What a farse!
Jesmond Chetcuti
Nov 26th 2012, 13:44
its not looking good, just in time for the election....change in power ,and the PL will inherit all this and will eventually get the blame....I hope that inteligent people will start looking at figures way before the election day....
Victor Calleja
Nov 26th 2012, 14:06
So what are you proposing Mr Chetcuti? Leave the same clique to take back the 500 euro rise per week?
Jesmond Chetcuti
Nov 26th 2012, 14:46
Vict you misunderstood, what I am saying is that IF after the election the figures will be negative ,people need to look further back in time....cause the situation is deteriorating (and has been deteriorating ) for the past year or so...and not blame the LP....
D Bonello
Nov 26th 2012, 13:44
I question how many of the 7,013 officially not employed are working unofficially.
George Attard
Nov 26th 2012, 14:05
I would say a little less than a quarter have some kind of income to make more than ends meet.
Victor Calleja
Nov 26th 2012, 14:07
And I question how many of those fully emplyed are on the minimum salary or less paid by the hour.
C Falzon
Nov 26th 2012, 13:10
Il Prim Ministru dawn l ahbarijiet ma jismahomx nahseb. Jahsibna li qed nghixu f Fairy Land ghandu jkun.
ALBERT FENECH
Nov 26th 2012, 13:03
No real concern. With 20,000 jobs "created" and the worker "spoilt" for employment prospects choice (as one Gozitan GonziPN brainwashed recently claimed), this increase must represent the work-shy and lazy amongst our community. In any case, are these figures reliable? Which do we believe - official stats or GonziPN stats? It's always safe to blame Europe/recession.
ALBERT FENECH
Charles Cremona
Nov 26th 2012, 18:46
Might not be of any concern to you Mr Fenech but it is for those out of work!
Mario Scicluna
Nov 26th 2012, 12:41
''Ix-Xoghol se jigri wara l-haddiem'' kien qalilna xi hadd!
Ta' min wiehed ifakkar fi Smart City, White Rocks u progetti fantazma ohrajn li kellhom suppost kellhom jiggeneraw l-impjiegi li ma mmaterjalizzawx ruhom! L-aqwa lil il PM Gonzi jiftahar b'kumpanija Braziljana li se timpjega u tinvesti b'certu sahha f'Malta. Impjegat 4 min-nies, kecciethom u zarmat wara ftit xhur!
Charles Cremona
Nov 26th 2012, 12:29
The Eurozone recession has started ti bite!
Victor Calleja
Nov 26th 2012, 14:08
Same old story
Mary Ann Borg
Nov 26th 2012, 15:10
Is that because Lejber will be in power in a few weeks time? Or is it because of the record number of tourists arriving each day in Malta? Or perhaps because we are sending Alfred Sant as an MEP in the EU?
Nazzareno Cortis
Nov 26th 2012, 15:49
@Mary Ann Borg-------No----it is just because we are under Gonzi PN!!!!!! and the "tower of Babel" inside the PN party!!!!-----which more resembles a fighting arena!!!!!
Charles Cremona
Nov 26th 2012, 18:44
This has nothing to do with Labour they have been out of power for nearly 25 years so surely it has something to do with Gonzi PN, However, should Labour return to power they will inherit a national debt of 5 billion plus, a high budget deficit, plus high unemplyment, I don't envy the task ahead for any government, but labour will be blamed anyway.
John L Galea
Nov 27th 2012, 08:04
@Cremona: Well said!! If the PL is voted in government will have a very daunting and difficult task to cope with the disaster that this administration is leaving behind.
John Scerri
Nov 26th 2012, 12:28
Rise in unemployment .
The elections are close that's why !!!!
Brian Gatt
Nov 26th 2012, 12:23
What about the 20,000 new jobs created? where are these jobs Mr Primeminister
R. Farrugia
Nov 26th 2012, 13:14
.. Mr. Gatt , you should learn to do your sums, big difference from 20,000 created to 7,013 be created !
We need to be optimistic, you can´t expect a country to have a 100% employment , it is never gonna happen , but we need to all work togheter in order to achieve the best for the country.
Please choose the reason of your report below: