The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has reported that unemployment rates have dropped from a revised rate of 4.4% in March to 4.1% in April. On a yearly basis, April’s unemployment rate also improved relative to the 4.4% recorded in April the previous year. The CSO also revised the unemployment rate for February to 4.4%, contradicting the initially recorded low of 3.9%. Since March 2022, unemployment rates have stayed between 4.1% and 4.6%. The CSO’s most recent reports highlight that the monthly unemployment rate for men was down to 4% in April, improving from a revised rate of 4.2% in March and the 4.4% recorded in April 2024. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for women also dipped to 4.2% in April, down from the revised 4.5% the previous month and the 4.4% recorded the previous year. However, the monthly youth unemployment rate rose to 11.4%, a sharp uptick from 10.5% in March. The seasonally adjusted number of jobless individuals was 119,500 in April, a decrease from 127,900 the previous month.

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