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Steady decline in unemployment
Steady decline in unemployment
Statistics Faroe Islands has released the latest unemployment figures
30.08.2018 - 15:21
In June 2018, 495 people – 1.8 percent of the Faroese workforce – were registered as full-time unemployed.
This is 165 fewer than the same month last year.
The figure for May 2018 was 2 percent.
The districts with the lowest unemployment figures are Vágar, Norðstreymoy, Norðoyggjar and Sandoy, where the figure is around 1 percent.
Suðuroy has the highest unemployment figure, at 4.5 percent.
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