In turn, the occupancy rate for the accumulated year 2022 was 56.5% and the overall participation rate was 63.6%, representing growth of 3.4 and 2.1 percentage points, respectively, from 2021. Piedad Urdinola, director of Dane, reported that women recorded an overall 2022 unemployment rate of 14.3%, which is 5.3 percentage points higher than that of […]
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The national unemployment rate was 10.3% in December
The national unemployment rate stood at 10.3% in December, which is 0.8 percentage points lower compared to the 11.1% recorded in the same month of 2021. This was announced by the National Administrative Service for Statistics (Dane) through the results of the Labor Market. In December, 22.4 million people were part of the working population […]
The unemployment rate in Colombia fell to 10.6% in August
For August, the national unemployment rate was 10.6%, down 2.3 percentage points from the same month in 2021, when it was 12.9%. The National Administrative Service for Statistics (DANE) has announced this with the results of the Labor Market Survey of August 2022. For its part, it was revealed that about 22.1 million people make […]
The unemployment rate in Colombia fell to 11% in July
For July, the national unemployment rate was 11%, down 2.1 percentage points from the same month in 2021, when it was 13.1%. The National Administrative Service for Statistics (DANE) has announced this with the results of the Labor Market Survey of July 2022. For its part, it was revealed that about 22 million people make […]
Economy escapes the blows of war and inflation. Tourism and export prevent a 0.2% decline
The Portuguese economy is still not feeling the effects of the war in Ukraine and the resulting price increases, namely energy. The National Statistical Institute (INE) corrected flash estimates published at the end of July that showed a 0.2% decline in GDP in the second quarter compared to the previous quarter. Now the statistics agency […]
Almost half of the unemployed receive no subsidies
Four in ten unemployed in mainland Portugal do not have access to a single social security support in this way, according to the accounts made by DN/Dinheiro Vivo based on July data from the Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional (IEFP) and from Social Safety. Despite the historic drop in unemployment to 277,466 people, the […]
One in five unemployed in the 1st quarter started working in the 2nd quarter
About one in five of the unemployed in the first quarter, i.e. 21.2% or 65.3 thousand, got work, while more than half, or 56.5%, were out of work, data from INE shows which were released on Tuesday. “Of the total number of people who were unemployed in the 1st quarter of 2022, 56.5% (174.4 thousand) […]
Estimates point to 73 million unemployed youth worldwide in 2022
© Pixabay Author: Filipe Santa-Bárbara with Carolina Quaresma After the sharp falls during the pandemic, 2022 is not yet going to be the year of global recovery in terms of youth employment. The conclusion is in a report from the International Labor Organization (ILO), regarding the International Youth Day, which is commemorated this Friday. The […]
Inflation destroys doctors, teachers and office workers salaries in Q2
When it is born, inflation is for everyone and new data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), released yesterday, shows that it is. But of course there are nuances. There are people who lose more with very high inflation (average 8% in the second quarter of 2022). For example, the purchasing power of professions, […]
Unemployment rate drops to 5.7% in 2nd quarter
Unemployment fell to 5.7% in the second quarter, 0.2 percentage point lower than in the previous quarter and 1.0 percentage point lower than in the same quarter of 2021, the INE announced on Wednesday. According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the unemployed population, estimated at 298.8 thousand people, fell by 3.1% (9.6 thousand) […]