During 2011, 4,500 new jobs will be created and 700 jobs will be lost compared to last year, provides in its newsletter Mauritius Statistics on employment and unemployment, released Wednesday, Sept. 28.
As for the second quarter of 2011 compared to the same period in 2010, there was a decrease of 9,100 persons in the labor force of working age, or over 16 years. However the number of people actively at work fell by 10,500, while the number of unemployed increased by 1,500 people.
In these 10,500 job losses from June 2010 to June 2011, there were 8200 men and 2300 women. The same trend is noticeable in unemployment. It actually lists 1,600 unemployed men over while 200 unemployed women in the past have found work.
Thus, if a few years ago, the higher rate of female than male unemployment was a concern, the trend reversed during the years 2010-2011. It is men who have difficulty in finding work.
From June 2010 to June 2011, the unemployment rate rose 0.4% to 8%. The unemployment rate rose 0.5% in men and marginally by 0.1% in women. But between the first and second quarter 2011, unemployment is down: there are 2,300 fewer unemployed, or less than 3000 women and 700 more unemployed men.
But regarding the second quarter of 2011 only, women are still the majority among the unemployed is 53% against 47% men. One third of the unemployed are young people under 25 and 47% are single.
It is no longer a surprise, the academic level is closely linked to unemployment: 19% do not have the CPE and 44% have no SC. Nearly 40% are looking for a job for over a year.