The labour market in November 2021
The unemployment rate in November was unchanged from October or 4,9%.
There were in average 9.285 unemployed in November 2021.
Unemployment by gender:
The unemployment rate in November was 5,0% for men or up with 0,1 percent point from October but was 4,8% for women or down from 4,9% in October.
The unemployment by young people:
There were 992 young, aged 18-24 years unemployed in November 2021 or up from 976 in October 2021.
The long term unemployed:
There were 4.083 long term unemployed (over 1 year) in November 2021 or down from 4.252 in October 2021.
Open vacancies:
There were 426 new incoming open vacancies in November 2021 or down from 450 new incoming open vacancies in October 2021.
Foreign workers:
There were 205 work permits (all types of work permits) issued in November 2021 down from 278 issued work permits in October 2021. There were 24 foreign service companies registered to Directorate of Labour in November 2021. These foreign service companies employed 120 workers in November 2021.
There were 16 temporary-work agencies registered to Directorate of Labour in November 2021.
These temporary-work agencies hired out 498 workers in November 2021.
The unemployment forecast for December 2021:
It is expected that the unemployment in December 2021 will be similar to November and be between 4,9% and 5,1%.
