In September, the monthly unemployment rate was 2.8%. This was an increase of 0.1 percentage points from the previous month, but down by 0.1 percentage points from September last year, the National Statistics Office said.
According to the latest data from the NSO, for September, in a breakdown, the unemployment rate for males was 2.9% while the rate for females stood at 2.6%.
The unemployment rate during the same month for persons aged 15 to 24 years (youth unemployment rate) increased 9.0% while the rate for those between 25 and 74 years stood at 2.2%, increasing by 0.1 percentage points from August.