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In May, the unemployment rate stood at 7.2% and the labour derutilisation rate at 12.8%
Monthly Employment and Unemployment Estimates
In May, the unemployment rate stood at 7.2% and the labour derutilisation rate at 12.8% - May 2021
30 June 2021

Summary

April 2021:
• The employed population has increased by 0.1% from the previous month, by 1.1% from three months before and by 1.3% from the same month of 2020.
• The unemployed population has also increased from the three comparison periods: by 6.4%, 2.5% and 10.6%, respectively.
• The unemployment rate (concept of the International Labour Organization, ILO) stood at 7.0%, 0.4 percentage points (pp) more than in the previous month, 0.1 pp more than three months before and 0.6 pp more than a year earlier.
• The labour underutilisation rate was estimated at 12.9%, the same value as in the previous month but down 0.9 pp from three months before and down 0.8 pp from April 2020.

May 2021:
• The employed population record an increase by 0.3% from the previous month, by 1.0% from three months before and by 3.5% from the same month of 2020.
• The unemployed population has also increased from the three comparison periods: by 3.1%, 6.4% and 25.4%, respectively.
• The unemployment rate stood at 7.2%, up 0.2 pp from the previous month, up 0.4 pp from three months before and up 1.2 pp from May 2020.
• The labour underutilisation rate was estimated at 12.8%, down 0.1 pp from April 2021, down 1.0 pp from February 2021 and down 2.1 pp from May 2020.


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