The number of unemployed registered in job centers in Portugal fell by 6% in April.

The number of unemployed people registered at job centers fell 6% year-on-year in April, down 3.5% from the previous month, the government said on Monday.

The Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Protection said in a statement that the unemployment registered in April (295,422 people) decreased, “decreasing by -3.5% (-10,735 people) compared to the previous month and by -6.0 % below the level of the previous month. the level observed in April 2022 (-19,013 people)”.

At the same time, the number of unemployed young people registered with the IEFP – Institute for Employment and Vocational Training also fell again, “becoming the lowest ever (31,872 people) in the month of April with a chain decline of 6.9% (-2360 young people ), which is 1.7% (-561 young men) less than in the same month,” the guardianship reported.

As for long-term unemployment, it registered a “chain decline of 0.7% (-798 people), which is 24.4% below the level recorded in April 2022 (-37,764 people),” the government said in a statement.

Thus, between March and April of this year, “reported unemployment fell in a chain in all regions, with an emphasis on a decrease of 21.8% in the Algarve region.”

Finally, the guardian pointed out, “at the sectoral level, chain declines were observed in all sectors of economic activity”, namely in agriculture (-9.0%), secondary (-1.6%) and tertiary (-3.5%)” .

He specified that year-on-year declines were also recorded in all sectors: agriculture fell by 1.7%, secondary by 3.9% and tertiary by 5.0%.

According to data released this Monday by the IEFP, at the end of April, the number of job offers to be satisfied “was 15,468 in employment offices across the country”, and this number corresponds to a year-on-year decrease of 23.4% and a decrease compared to previous month, 6.9% of offers.

According to the institute, during April, 37,135 unemployed people were registered with employment services, which is “lower than in the same month of 2022 (-512; -1.4%), as well as in relation to the previous month (-10,990; -22.8%)”.

The organization also reported that “job offers received during this month totaled 8,782 across the country”, down 25.9% from the same month and down 40.4% from the previous month. .

“The economic activity with the highest expression in job offers received during this month (Mainland China data), in descending order, was as follows: “real estate activities, administrative and support services” (23.1%), “accommodation, public catering and similar” (16.0%) and “wholesale and retail trade” (14.7%),” the MEFP said in a statement.

In turn, placements made during April totaled 7,647 across the country, according to the IEFP, which concluded that the number is “lower than the same period in 2022” by 15.4%, and also lower by compared to the previous month. by 15.3%.

According to the institute, an analysis of employment by occupational groups on the continent “shows a large concentration of ‘unskilled workers’ (34.8%), ‘household, safety and security workers and salespeople’ (22.0%).” ), and in “management personnel” (9.9%)”.