Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the unemployment rate (1.9%) and the underemployment rate (0.4%) for September-November 2013 held stable from August-October.

Total labour force was 375,000 and the labour force participation rate stood at 73.2%. Total employment reached 368,000, an increase of 1,700 from August-October. Analysed by industry, employment in the Gaming sector increased by 2.9% to 85,000.

Number of the unemployed was 7,000, up by 100 from August-October; fresh labour force entrants searching for their first job accounted for 12.8% of the total unemployed, down by 0.2 percentage points.

In comparison with September-November 2012, the labour force participation rate increased by 0.7 percentage points; the unemployment rate remained constant, while the underemployment rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points.