Beneficiaries of unemployment benefits with a fall of almost 4% in August

Face the homologous period there was a decrease of 7,090 beneficiaries, which represents a fall of 3.9%.

Compared to the previous month, there were more 2,884 beneficiaries, the equivalent of an increase of 1.7%, according to the synthesis of the Directorate General for Coordination and Planning (DGCP, former GEP) of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security.

This is the second consecutive month in which the number of unemployed people receiving unemployment benefits is rising.

With regard to unemployment benefit, in August there was a annual fall of 3.1% in the number of beneficiaries (less than 4.503), totaling 141,873. However, in the chain comparison, there was an increase of 2.5% (plus 3,442 beneficiaries).

“ The average monthly unemployment allowance in August was EUR 770.16, which is equivalent to a positive annual variation of 8.0%”, notes DGCP.

In turn, the number of beneficiaries of the initial unemployment benefit decreased by 14.1% compared to the same month of the previous year (less than 763 processed subsidies), but rose by 0.8% compared to July (an increase of 36 beneficiaries), totaling 4,640.

The subsequent unemployment benefit covered 18,694 beneficiaries in August, corresponding to an annual fall of 6.3% (less than 1,259 beneficiaries) and a monthly fall of 1.2% (less than 220 beneficiaries).

With regard specifically to younger beneficiaries (16-24 years), in August the various unemployment benefits covered 5,144 beneficiaries, i.e. an annual fall of 9.8%, but an increase of 3.8% in monthly terms.

Unemployment benefits continue to be mostly applied for by women, corresponding to 102,300 beneficiaries (59.3%) and 70.127 beneficiaries (40.7%).

By age group, 11.4% were 29 or less, 20.9% were in the age group between 30 and 39 years, 22.8% were between 40 and 49 years, 24.6% were in the age group between 50 and 59 years, and 20.3% were 60 or older.