The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Dane) revealed that in May 2023 the unemployment rate it was 10.5 percent, that is, slightly less than the 10.6 percent registered in the same period of the previous year.
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By sex, while among men the unemployment rate was 8.4 percent, for women it was 13.2 percent, that is, the gap is 4.9 points.
“The gap between men and women is already recovering to levels of May 2016,” said Dane deputy director Leonardo Trujillo Oyola.
The unemployment rate was 10.5 percent.
Women are the ones who recovered most of the jobs
At the national level, the the employed population reached 22.56 millionwhich means that there were 383,000 more jobs than in the same period of the previous year.
Of this total number of new jobs, 380,000 were recovered by women and only 3,000 by men.
Meanwhile, the number of unemployed was 2.64 million, that is, it fell by 3,000 people compared to the same period in 2022.
By branches of activity, trade and vehicle repair is the one that recovered the most jobs in May, with 356,000 more people working. It was followed by the manufacturing industry, with the employment of 213,000 people, and the lodging and food services sector, where 136,000 people entered.
For its part, the transport and accommodation sector had 78,000 more jobs, Information and Communications 76,000 and the branch of professional and scientific activities added 27,000 new jobs.
Five branches are losing jobs
On the other hand, there are 5 branches that lost jobs in May. The sharpest drop was in artistic activities, which lost 195,000 jobs.
It is followed by public administration, defense, education and health, with 134,000 fewer jobs; in agriculture they hired 93,000 fewer people; the construction drop was 82,000 people; and that of the electricity supply branch of 30,000 less.
For its part, the inactive population or that is outside the labor force was 14.26 million people, which means an increase of 166,000 compared to the data for the same period of the previous year.
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