The number of unemployed people registered in labor centers rose by 4.4% year-on-year and 3.9% quarter-on-quarter to 295,361 in August, “the second lowest figure ever” in August, the government announced on Wednesday . .
According to data released on Wednesday in August by the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP) “295,361 people were registered in employment centers on the mainland and in the autonomous regions, a number representing 66.0% of a total of 447,251 applications.”.
This value represents an increase of 4.4% (+12,514 people) compared to August 2022 and 3.9% (+11,031 people) compared to July.
“For the increase in registered unemployment, compared to the same month in 2022, those registered for less than 12 months (+27,106) contributed in absolute variation. In the opposite direction, there is a decline in those registered for 12 or more months. months in the employment services file (-14,592)”describes the IEFP.
In a statement, the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security highlighted that long-term unemployment in August was “the lowest ever this month”, with a decrease of 11.2% compared to August 2022 and a decrease in the weight on total unemployment .
The director also emphasizes that in the month analyzed the number of vacancies increased and the number of vacancies decreased: “In August there were 6,532 vacancies, 273 more than in July and 558 more than in the same month of 2022,” said the director.
The number of registered unemployed young people has increased by 4.8% (+1,356 people) compared to August 2022 and by 7.4% (+2,040 people) in a chain.
At the regional level, unemployment increased year-on-year in August 2023, with the exception of the Azores (-14.6%) and Madeira (-28.0%), with the highest value recorded in the Algarve region ( +11.3%). %).
Compared to the previous month, with the exception of the autonomous regions, “the trend is towards an increase in unemployment”, with the largest variation occurring in the North Region (+4.7%) and the Algarve (+4. 3%). IEFP.
During the month analyzed, 41,497 unemployed people registered with employment services across the country, a number higher than in the same month of 2022 (+4,376, +11.8%) and lower than in July (-690, -1.6%) .
A total of 9,493 job openings were offered across the country this month, a lower number than the same month of 2022 (-835; -8.1%) but higher than the month before (+151; +1.6%) .
The most representative occupational groups of registered unemployed people on the continent in August were ‘unskilled workers’ (26.6%), ‘personal service workers, security personnel and salespeople’ (19.6%), ‘administrative workers’ (12.0 %) and ‘specialists in intellectual and scientific activities’ (11.7%).
Compared to the same month of 2022 (excluding groups with little representation or significance in registered unemployment), there was an increase in unemployment in most occupational groups, with an emphasis on “administrative workers” (+9.1%) and “unskilled workers “. (+8.6%).
According to the IEFP, compared to the same month in 2022, unemployment shows an increase in the main economic sectors: ‘Agriculture’ (+3.1%), ‘Secondary’ (+7.5%) and ‘Tertiary’ (+6 .4%). ).
Source: DN
