In January 2019 registered unemployment in the offices of the Public Employment Services has been reduced by 190,767 people with respect to the same month of the previous year, with a year-on-year reduction rate of 5.49%. The number of unemployed registered in the month of January 2019 has risen by 83,464 in relation to the previous month. In relative values, the increase in unemployment is 2.61%. Thus, the total number of unemployed stands at 3,285,761. In January 2018 unemployment rose by 63,747 unemployed in relation to the previous month.

In seasonally adjusted terms, unemployment rises by 3,292 people.

Male unemployment stood at 1,360,448 people, increasing by 23,204 (1.74%) and female unemployment by 1,925,313, increasing by 60,260 (3.23%) in relation to the month of December. If we compare it with January 2018, male unemployment falls by 115,031 (-7.8%) people, and female unemployment drops by 75,736 (-3.78%).