Spanish unemployed rises to 4.98 mn in January

Worldwide, Daily news | | February 4, 2013 16:13

The number of Spaniards officially registered as unemployed rose to 4.98 million in January, according to Labour Ministry data, as the country’s recession deepened.

The number of officially unemployed in the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy rose by 2.7 percent or 132,055 people over the month.

The Labour Ministry said January was traditionally a difficult month in the Spanish labour market, with the increase in the number in unemployed down compared to the 177,470 thrown out of work in January 2012.

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