Unemployment in Fuerteventura

[Captain Sensible]

In November 2019 the number of registered unemployed on the island increased by 10.75% - mainly due to the collapse of Thomas Cook and a decline in tourist numbers.
The total number of registered unemployed on the island is now 9,490.
The breakdown is: Puerto del Rosario with 3,952 unemployed, followed by La Oliva with 1,820 unemployed, Pájara with 1,489, Tuineje with 1,376 unemployed, Antigua with 820 and Betancuria with 33.
https://www.ondafuerteventura.es/fuertev...76qNlCgS8U

[TamaraEnLaPlaya]

Sad but interesting info, thanks.

[Sam]

Ten per cent jump up is pretty scary and would hurt any economy, no matter how big it is.

[Sam]

The unemployment data for the first month of the year show negative figures for Fuerteventura, which continues with the dynamics of previous months, after reflecting a new increase in unemployment. Specifically 5.4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year, according to the report of the Canary Employment Observatory (Obecan) published on Tuesday.

Regarding the difference with last December 2019, the Island has 388 more unemployed people. Fuerteventura has a total of 9,860 unemployed, in January 2020, compared to 9,472 registered at the end of last year.

Female unemployment continues to predominate on the Island, with a total of 5,323 women unemployed compared to 4,537 men registered in the offices of the Canary Islands Employment Service. By sectors, agriculture is the one with the most unemployment in January, with 24.5 percent, a similar situation in the industry, with 24.4 percent of unemployment in Fuerteventura. Only in hospitality has a slight decrease in unemployment been detected, specifically 1.9 percent.

Regarding contracting, the Obecan report detects a decrease of 5.01 percent over the same month of the previous year. In Fuerteventura 3,395 contracts were counted in January 2020, of which 1,781 corresponds to men and 1,614 to women.

Courtesy of Diario de Fuerteventura.

[Sam]

The numbers of unemployment on the island of Fuerteventura this past February are also positive in relation to the previous month, following the trend of the numbers of the Canarian community.

In this way, in Fuerteventura, unemployment does not grow in February, which amounts to 9,559 unemployed compared to 9,860 in January. The trend is positive this month although February is not a good month for the labour market, with 301 fewer people unemployed than the previous month. On the other hand we are still worse than in February 19, with 220 more unemployed than that month of the previous year.

In this sense, the truth is that it has not been as general, since both in the Canary Islands and in the rest of Spain the improvement in employment has been significant, according to data from the Canary Employment Observatory.

In fact, in the Canary Islands unemployment fell by 3,327 people while at a national level it fell by 19,043 people, with unemployment standing at 3,246,047 unemployed.

Courtesy of NoticiasFuerteventura.

[Sam]

Fuerteventura registers the highest rise in unemployment in the Canary Islands with an increase of 15.7%

Fuerteventura, with an increase of 15.7 percent in unemployment during the month of March compared to February of the same year, has been the Island of the Archipelago where unemployment has increased the most in percentage terms. This increase translates into 1,502 more unemployed, bringing the number of unemployed to 11,061, according to the report by the Canary Islands Employment Observatory. Data that are above the Canarian average, where unemployment has increased by 9.53 percent.

Regarding year-on-year unemployment, the percentage increase on the Island rises to 20.10 percent, that is, a total of 1,851 people have registered as jobseekers compared to March 2019.

Of the total unemployed, 5,932 are women compared to 5,129 unemployed men in Fuerteventura, where the majority of unemployed correspond to the hospitality sector, with 3,795 unemployed people, followed by commerce, with 1,637 jobseekers.

By sector, the largest year-on-year increase in unemployment in Fuerteventura has been recorded by agriculture with 34 percent followed by construction with 20.7 percent, commerce with 17.6 percent and hospitality, 15.3 percent hundred.

Hiring in the month of March has also been affected, decreasing by 32.30 for contracts compared to February this year and close to 33.21 percent compared to March 2019.

Courtesy of Diario de Fuerteventura.

[Ducks]

Not a huge surprise. I feel like this island relies more heavily on tourism than the others, which have bigger native populations and towns requiring more workers even without tourists, so they will be less affected by the lockdown. Hopefully, we will be ready to bounce back once then lockdown is lifted and tourism resumes again— I know we're all concerned that tourism won't pick up again for a long time, but I've seen so many people worrying that their holidays in late summer being cancelled that it seems like plenty of people are still very willing to travel if they are allowed. Once the bans are lifted, I'm sure it won't be too long before people are wanting to go on holidays again.

[milestone11]

A dreadful immediate outlook for so many. I just sincerely hope that those that need it will get the financial help which they will inevitably need.

[Sam]

The island of Fuerteventura ended the month of April with 13,444 unemployed people, some 2,383 more than in the month of March, representing an increase of 21.5 percent.

Fuerteventura is the second island with the highest percentage increase in the number of unemployed, only behind Lanzarote, which also experienced a significant increase of 25.5 percent.

Compared to April last year, the increase is notable: in Fuerteventura there are 4,346 more unemployed, which translates into a 47.7 percent increase in unemployment.

Fuerteventura is also the second island where recruitment has decreased the most, with a drop of 74.7 percent.

Thus, in the last month barely 614 contracts have been registered, some 1,817 less than in March and 3,047 less than in April last year.


Courtesy of Diario de Fuerteventura.

[Johnrgby]

The island of Fuerteventura ended the month of April with 13,444 unemployed people, some 2,383 more than in the month of March, representing an increase of 21.5 percent.

Fuerteventura is the second island with the highest percentage increase in the number of unemployed, only behind Lanzarote, which also experienced a significant increase of 25.5 percent.

Compared to April last year, the increase is notable: in Fuerteventura there are 4,346 more unemployed, which translates into a 47.7 percent increase in unemployment.

Fuerteventura is also the second island where recruitment has decreased the most, with a drop of 74.7 percent.

Thus, in the last month barely 614 contracts have been registered, some 1,817 less than in March and 3,047 less than in April last year.


Courtesy of Diario de Fuerteventura.

Not a surprise really Sam.