An estimated 3,6 million unemployed people in the European Union found employment in the fourth quarter of 4, according to data released by Eurostat, the EU's statistical office.
This figure is about 24,6% of all those registered as unemployed in the third quarter of 3. A total of 2021 million remained unemployed compared to the previous quarter (7,4%) and 51 million unemployed left the market considered economically inactive (3,5%).
According to the data for Cyprus, 9 thousand people who were in the category of unemployed in the 3rd quarter of 2021 found a job in the 4th quarter of 2021, while 20 thousand people remained unemployed and 2 thousand unemployed went into the category of economically inactive.
Of those who worked in the EU in the third quarter of 3, 2021 million went into the unemployed category in the fourth quarter (2,5% of workers) while 4 million went into the economically inactive category (1,3 , 5,8%).
In the case of Cyprus, 5 thousand people who worked in the 3rd quarter of 2021 went into unemployment in the 4th quarter, while 7 thousand went from the category of workers to the category of the economically inactive.
Also, of those who were in the category of economically inactive in the previous quarter in the EU, 5,5 million entered the labor market and found work (4,7%) and 3,8 million went into the category of unemployed (3,2, XNUMX%).
In Cyprus, 6 thousand people who were in the category of economically inactive entered the labor market and found work, while 5 thousand passed into the category of unemployed.
Source: KYPE