Lisbon, Nov. 20, 2024 (Lusa) - The number of unemployed people in Portugal registered at job centres rose by 0.6% in October compared to the previous month, and by 3% compared to the same period last year, to 312,510 people, according to figures released on Wednesday by the Employment and Vocational Training Institute, IEFP.
"At the end of October 2024, 312,510 unemployed people were registered with the Employment Services on the mainland and in the autonomous regions of Madeira and the Azores, which represents 68.7% of a total of 455,165 people applying for jobs," reads the note released by the IEFP.
That's 9,154 more people registered with job centres than in October 2023. Contributing to this increase are "those registered for less than 12 months (+7,646), those looking for a new job (+8,371) and adults (+7,923).
In the month-on-month comparison, that is, compared to September, there were 1,761 more people.
With regard to the most significant occupational groups, compared to the same period last year, there was an increase in all of them, ‘especially “unskilled workers” (+7.7%) “plant and machine operators and assembly workers” (+7.2%); and “skilled industrial, construction and craft workers” (5%)’.
As has been the case at regional level, registered unemployment rose in all regions in October compared to the same period last year, with the exception of the Azores and Madeira, where it fell by 5.7% and 8.4% respectively.
The sharpest rise in unemployment was recorded in the Centre and Lisbon and Tagus Valley regions (+4.4%).
On the other hand, in a year-on-year comparison, "there was also an overall increase in unemployment of around 0.6 %, although the North (-1.2%) and Lisbon and Tagus Valley (-0.7%) regions showed a reduction," says the IEFP.
At the end of October, unfulfilled job offers totalled 11,872 in Employment Services across the country, which corresponds to a decrease in offers on file in the annual analysis (-3,026; -20.3%) and compared to the previous month (-81; -0.7%).
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