Spain's Registered Jobless Total of 2,379,505 Is the Lowest for September Since 2007 as Social Security Affiliation Hits a Record
Figures published on October 2 by the Ministry of Labour and Social Economy show that registered unemployment in Spain rose by 23,587 in September to 2,379,505 people, down 42,160, or 1.7%, from a year earlier. Despite the monthly increase, the total is the lowest for a month of September since 2007.
Social Security affiliation, meanwhile, grew by an average of 92,327 in September to 22,437,553 contributors, up 3.4% year on year and the strongest September increase on record; seasonally adjusted affiliation stood at 22,480,796. On September 28, daily affiliation reached a record 22,576,593. The number of foreign workers affiliated to the system passed 3.6 million for the first time.
Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz attributed the monthly rise in unemployment mainly to the government's extraordinary regularisation of migrants, noting that many people who already lived and worked in Spain have now entered both the Social Security and the unemployment registers. The data show 56,476 regularised people already registered as jobseekers.
Among young people, registered unemployment under the age of 25 stood at 189,141 in September, up 21,411, or 12.77%, from August.
(Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Economy and Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration of Spain)
Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Economy of Spain
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