According to the latest data from the National Statistics Office, in July, the monthly unemployment rate was 2.5%. This was on par with the previous month and down by 0.4 percentage points on the same month last year.

In a breakdown, the unemployment rate for males was 2.6% while the rate for females stood at 2.4%.

The unemployment rate during the same month for persons aged 15 to 24 years (youth unemployment rate) was down to 8.1% while the rate for those between 25 and 74 years stood at 2.0%.

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