In September, the seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate was 3.0%, at par with August, the National Statistics Office said today.

The NSO noted that in September, the number of unemployed persons were numbered at 9,723. Once again, the 25 to 74 age group being the major contributor to the overall level of unemployment.

For September, the unemployment rate for males was 3.3%, up by 0.1 percentage points on the previous month, while the rate for females stood at 2.6%, this was down by 0.1 percentage points on August.

The unemployment rate for persons aged 15 to 24 years (youth unemployment rate) was 9.4% while the rate for those between 25 and 74 years stood at 2.4%.

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