Unemployment fell in April

The number of unemployed people registered in the offices of the State Public Employment Service (SEPE), at the end of April, has fallen by 39,012 people in relation to the previous month. In relative values, the decrease in unemployment was -0.99%. It is the second consecutive month in which the number of unemployed people has decreased.

Thanks to this decrease, the total number of registered unemployment stood at 3,910,628 people.

Unemployment falls in almost all the autonomous communities, in the four sectors of activity, in both sexes and in all age groups, which provides important consistency to the trend of reduction in unemployment this month.

Unemployment falls in all economic sectors, especially in the services sector, a recurring trend in recent months. It presents the following variations compared to March: in Services it decreased by 32,192 people (-1.16%), in Industry it decreased by 5,127 (-1.64%), in Construction it decreased by 3,947 (-1.30%) and in Agriculture decreased by 2,622 people (- 1.35%).