More than 54% of the Unemployed in the 2nd Quarter Were Still Unemployed in September.
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Of the total number of people who were unemployed in the second quarter of 2026, 54.1% (162.8 thousand) remained in that state in the third quarter of 2026, with only one fourth moving to employment.
According to the statistics of flows between labour market states referring to the third quarter of this year, of the total number of people who were unemployed in the second quarter of 2026, 54.1% (162.8 thousand) remained in that state in the third quarter of 2026, 25.3% (76.2 thousand) transited to employment and 20.5% (61.8 thousand) transited to inactivity.
More than half of the unemployed in the second quarter of this year were still unemployed in the following three months, while about a quarter found work, according to data released today by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). According to the statistics of flows between labour market states, referring to the third quarter of this year, of the total number of people who were unemployed in the second quarter of 2026, 54.1% (162.8 thousand…
More than half of the unemployed in the second quarter were still unemployed in the following three months, according to INE data.
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