In December, the number of persons registering for work in Gozo and Malta stood at 4,615 compared to 6,287 in the corresponding month last year, the National Statistics Office said today.

Data provided by the Employment and Training Corporation (ETC) for December indicate a decrease of 1,688 persons registering under Part I and an increase of 16 among those registering under Part II of the unemployment register, when compared to December 2014. Overall, decreases in registered unemployment were recorded among all age groups.

When compared to December 2014, registrants for work decreased irrespective of how long they had been registering. The largest decrease was recorded among persons who had been registering for over one year.

The number of persons with a disability who were registering for work also decreased by 44, reaching 398. Males accounted for 79.6 per cent of total registrants with a disability.

The largest share of males on the unemployment register sought occupations as crafts and related trade workers (17.8 per cent), whereas their female counterparts mostly sought occupations as clerical support workers (28.7 per cent).

The registered unemployment rate in July 2015 stood at 2.9 per cent of the labour supply, (excluding part-time employment), and varied from 3.3 per cent among men to 2.0 per cent among women.

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