Today it was announced that
there were 4.978.300 unemployed in Spain in September. This amounts to 21,5% of
the population and is the highest unemployment has been since 1996.
As young people, you may be
particularly interested to know that the percentage of Spanish youth unemployed,
after rising above 40%, is now approaching 50%, and that RTVE reports that
almost 20% of university graduates between 25 and 29 years old are unable to
find work.
You may also be interested to
know the differences between the sexes: while 146,800 jobs were lost in the
last three months, 114,000 of these individuals were women and 32,800 were men.
Equally worrying is the fact that:
- the number of households in which all working-age adults are unemployed has risen to 1,425,200.
- of the 4,978,300 unemployed, 2,117,300 are long-term unemployed (1+ years).
BUT before you panic, bear in mind
that there are 9,058,300 households in which all working-age adults have a job
and also that there are 23,134,600 people of working age
in Spain.
