National Unemployment Statistics
National Statistics reports that the headline unemployment rate (ILO definition) ran at 6.6% during the period February to April 2014. The ILO unemployment level was 2.16 million, down 161,000 on the quarter, and down 347,000 on the same period a year ago.
Table 1: Unemployment level and rate, 2013/14
Unemployment level (‘000s) | Rate % | ||
| 2013 | Feb-Apr | 2,511 | 7.8 |
| May-Jul | 2,487 | 7.7 | |
| Aug-Oct | 2,388 | 7.4 | |
| Nov-Jan | 2,326 | 7.2 | |
| 2014 | Feb-Apr | 2,165 | 6.6 |
| Source: Labour Market Statistics June 2014. | |||