There was a drop of 1,108 in the number of persons registering for work in April, when the figure stood at 2,577 compared to 3,751 last year.

The National Statistics Office said today that the data provided by Jobsplus for April also indicates that all age groups except those of under 20 registered decreases.

Registrants for work decreased irrespective of how long they had been registering when compared to last year.

The NSO said that the largest decrease was recorded among persons who had been registering for less than 21 weeks.

It noted that the number of persons with a disability who were registering for work also decreased by 67 to 291. Males accounted for 77.3 per cent of total registrants with a disability.

Males and females on the unemployment register, as the largest share sought occupations as clerical support workers with 18.8 per cent and 38.7 per cent respectively.

The NSO said that in November 2016 the registered unemployment rate stood at 1.6 per cent of the labour supply, (excluding part-time employment) and varied from 1.9 per cent among men to 1.2 per cent among women.

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