Unemployment dropped by 1,366 in January compared to January 2014, the NSO said today. The decrease was among all age groups.

The NSO said today that those registering for work in January numbered 6,384.

The most significant decrease 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 decreased by 117 to 430.

Men accounted for 82.1 per cent of the total number of registrants with a disability.

The largest share of men on the unemployment register sought occupations as crafts and related trade workers (17.5 per cent ), whereas women mostly sought
occupations as clerks and support workers (24.9 per cent).

The registered unemployment rate in September 2014 stood at 3.8 per cent of the labour supply.

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