Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Labour Status Labour Force Survey estimates indicated that, during the fourth quarter, total employment stood at 325,631 accounting for 65.8 per cent of the population aged 15 and over. Unemployed persons stood at 9,566 (1.9 per cent) while inactive persons totalled 159,510 (32.2 per cent) (Table 1). The activity […]

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF The unemployment rate for January 2025 stood at 3.0 per cent, at par with the previous month, and decreasing by 0.4 percentage points when compared to January 2024 (Table 1, Chart 1). During January 2025, the number of unemployed persons stood at 9,962, a slight decrease of 0.5 per […]

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Data provided by Jobsplus for January 2025 indicate a year-on-year increase of 65 and a year-on-year decrease of five persons registering under Part I and Part II of the unemployment register, respectively (Tables 5 and 8). Increases in the registered unemployment levels were recorded in the majority of the […]

Salient Points News Data Methodology Visualisation PDF Non-fatal accidents Administrative records show that 1,103 non-fatal accidents at work were reported in the last six months of 2024. The majority of these non-fatal accidents occurred in the manufacturing sector (180 or 16.3 per cent). Another 145 or 13.1 per cent of the accidents occurred in the […]

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Administrative data provided by Jobsplus show that, over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) increased by 4.7 per cent, reaching 290,705 (see methodological note 5). This was mainly attributed to a year-on-year increase in the full-time registered employment (12,825) and an increase in registered unemployment […]

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Data provided by Jobsplus for December 2024 indicate a year-on-year increase of 135 and 25 persons registering under Part I and under Part II of the unemployment register, respectively (Tables 5 and 8). Increases in the registered unemployment levels were recorded in the majority of the age groups. Males […]

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF The unemployment rate for December 2024 stood at 3.0 per cent, at par with the previous month, and decreasing by 0.2 percentage points when compared to December 2023 (Table 1, Chart 1). During December 2024, the number of unemployed persons stood at 10,075, increasing by 2.5 per cent from […]

Salient Points News Data Methodology PDF Administrative data provided by Jobsplus show that, over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) increased by 4.7 per cent, reaching 289,168 (see methodological note 5). This was mainly attributed to a year-on-year increase in the full-time registered employment (12,710) and an increase in registered unemployment […]