Spain: the number of unemployed rose slightly in February

According to the report from Ministry of Employment, in February 2019 registered unemployment has been reduced by 181,208 people with respect to the same month of the previous year, with a year-on-year reduction rate of 5.22%. In seasonally adjusted terms, unemployment decreased by 10,445 people compared to the previous month.

The number of unemployed registered in the month of February 2019 has increased by 3,279 workers in relation to the previous month. In relative values, the increase in unemployment is 0.10%. Thus, the total number of unemployed stands at 3,289,040.

Male unemployment stood at 1,360,225 people, decreasing by 223 people (-0.02%). Unemployed workers account for 58.64% of the total number of unemployed, having increased their figure by 3,502 from the previous month (+ 0.18%) and having decreased by 69,063 with respect to February 2018. The year-on-year rate of decrease in unemployment female is 3.46% (compared to 7.61% of male unemployment). Although the employment of female workers is at record highs in a month of February, there are still almost two million women unemployed.