Punti Ewlenin Aħbarijiet Tabelli Metodoloġija Labour Status Labour Force Survey estimates indicated that, during the fourth quarter, total employment stood at 290,995, accounting for 63.3 per cent of the population aged 15 and over. Unemployed persons stood at 8,732 (1.9 per cent) while inactive persons totalled 159,622 (34.7 per cent) (Table 1). The activity rate […]

Punti Ewlenin Aħbarijiet Tabelli Metodoloġija Components leading to the seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate The unemployment rate for January 2023 stood at 3.0 per cent, at par with the same month last year but up by 0.1 percentage points when compared with the previous month (Table 1, Chart 1). During January 2023, the number of […]

Punti Ewlenin Aħbarijiet Tabelli Metodoloġija Data provided by Jobsplus for January 2023 indicate a year-on-year decrease of 25 persons registering under Part I, and an additional drop of 20 persons registering under Part II of the unemployment register (Tables 5 and 8). All age groups experienced a decrease in registered unemployment levels, except for those […]

Punti Ewlenin Aħbarijiet Tabelli Metodoloġija Mapep Non-fatal accidents Administrative records show that 1,229 persons were involved in a non-fatal accident at work in the second half of 2022. The majority of these non-fatal accidents occurred in the construction sector (211 or 17.2 per cent). Another 201 or 16.4 per cent of the accidents occurred in […]

Punti Ewlenin Aħbarijiet Tabelli Metodoloġija Administrative data provided by Jobsplus show that, over a period of one year, the labour supply (excluding part-timers) increased by 6.2 per cent, reaching 257,479 (see methodological note 5). This was mainly attributed to a year-on-year increase in the full-time registered employment (15,447) and a decrease in registered unemployment (397) […]

Punti Ewlenin Aħbarijiet Tabelli Metodoloġija Components leading to the seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate The unemployment rate for December 2022 stood at 3.2 per cent, at par with the previous month but 0.2 percentage points higher than December 2021 (Table 1, Chart 1). During December 2022, the number of unemployed persons was 9,663, with the […]

Punti Ewlenin Aħbarijiet Tabelli Metodoloġija Data provided by Jobsplus for December 2022 indicate a year-on-year decrease of 98 persons registering under Part I, and an additional drop of 23 persons registering under Part II of the unemployment register (Tables 5 and 8). Registered unemployment levels decreased across all age groups; with the exception of the […]

Punti Ewlenin Aħbarijiet Tabelli Metodoloġija Components leading to the seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate The unemployment rate for November 2022 stood at 3.2 per cent, up by 0.1 percentage points when compared with the previous month but 0.3 percentage points higher than November 2021 (Table 1, Chart 1). During November 2022, the number of unemployed […]