Jamaica’s unemployment rate for June 2015 saw an improvement over the similar period of 2014. According to the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), 13.1 percent of the labour force were out of work when their Labour Force Survey was carried out, a reduction from the 13.8 percent level in the 2014 period.
Over the period, “the unemployment rate for males declined from 9.9 percent to 9.3 percent and for females from a very high 18.4 percent to 17.7 percent”, STATIN stated.
The number of unemployed persons decreased by 6,300 or 3.5 percent, moving from 179,300 persons in June 2014 to 173,000 in June this year. A total of 1,147,500 persons were employed at the time of the survey, 23,200 more than the 1,124,300 in June 2014. The Labour Force increased by 16,800 or 1.3 percent over the 1,303,700 recorded in June 2014, to 1,320,500 in 2015.In June 2015, the number of persons who were classified as being Outside the Labour Force fell by 12,700 or1.6 percent to 765,400 from 778,100 in June 2014.
The Occupation group, Clerks, saw 9,400 more persons or 9.1 percent being employment, raising the numbers employed from 103,000 in June 2014 to 112,400 at the middle of this year. Increases in employment were also observed in Craft and Related Trades Workers with an increase of 3.4 percent from 136,200 persons in June 2014 to 140,900. Employment in the group, Real Estate, Renting & Business Activities increased by 14,400 persons or 22.4 percent while the group Hotels and Restaurants Services increased by 8.8 percent or 7,300 persons.
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[…] Jamaica’s Unemployment Rate fell by 0.7 percentage point in towards the end of September but remains at a stubborn 13.5 percent of persons said to be in the workforce, a decrease from to 14.2 percent at the same time in 2014. Over the period, the unemployment rate for males declined from 9.9 percent to 9.3 percent and for females from 19.4 percent to 18.5 percent. The number of persons Unemployed in September 2015 was 178,600, a decrease of 7,600 compared with 186,200 in September 2014. “The largest increase in the number of employed persons occurred in the industry group ‘Hotels and Restaurants Services’ and ‘Real Estate, Renting & Business Activities’ with a total of 23,700 persons,” the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN) said. A total of 22,600 more workers were employed compared with September 2014 bringing the total to 1,146,600 employed persons in September 2015. […]
Anyone who believes the garbage about unemployment being down, tell them I have a clock in Half Way Tree I want to sell them. Now when these same people tell us unemployment is down, tell me the economy is improving, what am I to think? I live in Jamaica and I am seeing a different scenario on the ground.