The number of unemployed people aged 15-74 estimated for May 2025 stood at 470.5 thousand people, compared with 467.4 thousand people reported in April 2025, and to 441.1 thousand people reported in May 2024.
By gender, the unemployment rate for men was higher by 0.3 percentage points than that for women (5.9% for men and 5.6% for women).
Youth unemployment (people aged 15-24 years old) remained high at 24.8% between January and March 2025.
The unemployment rate of adult people (aged 25-74 years old) was estimated at 4.6% for May 2025 (4.7% for men and 4.3% for women).
The number of unemployed aged 25-74 years old accounted for 74.1% of the total number of unemployed estimated for May 2025.