Malta records further decrease in unemployment figures in October
Xinhua, November 23, 2016 Adjust font size:
Data published Tuesday by Jobsplus, Malta's unemployment agency, indicated that last month the number of persons registering for work stood at 3,166 compared to 4,916 in October 2015.
The figures indicated that this decrease was recorded among all age groups.
Furthermore, when compared to October last year, registrants for work decreased irrespective of how long they had been registering, with the largest decrease recorded being among persons who had been registering for over one year.
A total of 18.4 percent of males and 33 percent of females on the unemployment register sought occupations as clerical support workers, the largest share by desired occupation. Endit