The number of people registering for employment in February stood at 1,829, dropping by 8.8% when compared to the same month in 2018, the NSO said quoting data provided by Jobsplus.

The data indicated that registered unemployed dropped among all age groups.

Registrants decreased when compared to February 2018, irrespective of how long they had been registering. The largest drop was among persons who had been registering for more than a year.

The number of persons with a disability who were registering for work decreased by 71 when compared to the previous year, reaching 215. Men accounted for 71.2% of total registrants with a disability.

The largest share of males and females on the unemployment register sought occupations as clerical support workers with 18.2% and 36.9% respectively.

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