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The unemployed persons, registered at the District Labour Offices on the last day of November 2019, reached 24.495 persons. Based on the seasonally adjusted data that show the trend of unemployment, the number of registered unemployed for November 2019 decreased to 20.860 persons in comparison to 21.233 in the previous month. (Table 1)

In comparison with November 2018, a decrease of 4.019 persons or 14,1% was recorded, attributed mainly to the sectors of trade (a decrease of 676), construction (a decrease of 596), public administration (a decrease of 467), accommodation and food service activities (a decrease of 331), manufacturing (a decrease of 255), transportation and storage (a decrease of 200), and to newcomers in the labour market (a decrease of 982). (Table 2)

Methodological notes

Definitions

Registered Unemployed

The number of registered unemployed concerns the persons aged 15 years and over who apply at the District and Local Labour Offices of the Department of Labour to seek employment and are registered as unemployed. These persons have to be able and available for work and must be actively looking for one. The monthly number of registered unemployed concerns the persons who during the last day of the month have an active application for seeking employment.

The number of registered unemployed does not include self-employed or persons who seek part-time employment as well as persons who seek employment in certain areas or for a specific employer.

Seasonally adjusted data

Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that removes the seasonal component of a time series, making more visible the underlying trend in the change of a characteristic. CYSTAT uses the Demetra 2.04 software which was developed by Eurostat. Seasonally adjusted series are produced by the TRAMO&SEATS algorithm. It should be noted that due to seasonal adjustment the whole series with the monthly estimates is recalculated every time a new month is added in time series. As a result, estimations for the previous months are often revised.

Classification System

Registered unemployed by economic activity are published based on the classification system NACE Rev. 2.

For further information visit the Statistical Service (CYSTAT) website, subtheme Unemployment or contact Ms Eleni Christodoulidou: tel: +35722602142, email: echristodoulidou@cystat.mof.gov.cy or Mr George Αl. Georgiou: tel:+35722602233, email: galgeorgiou@cystat.mof.gov.cy

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