The number of unemployed people aged 15-74 estimated for December 2022 stood at 461,000, more than 447,700 in November 2022 and fewer than 472,000 in December 2021.
By gender, the unemployment rate for men was higher by 0.7 percentage points than that for women (5.9% for men and 5.2% for women).
Youth unemployment (people aged 15-24 years old) remained high at 22.9%.
The unemployment rate of adult people (aged 25-74 years old) was estimated at 4.4% for December 2022 (4.1% for women and 4.6% for men).
The number of unemployed aged 25-74 years old accounted for 73.6% of the total number of unemployed estimated for December 2022.