Portugal's unemployed numbers jump 36%

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LISBON - The number of people registered as unemployed in Portugal jumped 36% in September from a year ago, with the tourism-dependent Algarve region suffering the hardest blow as the coronavirus wipe

d out thousands of seasonal jobs, data showed on Tuesday.

In the southern Algarve, famous for its beaches and golf courses, the number of registered jobless spiked 157% to 21,310 last month from a year ago. The government expects the unemployment rate, which had gradually fallen to record lows during the recovery, to rise to 8.7% this year due to the pandemic, but experts say the actual jobless level would be much higher as the official rate does not include those who stopped looking for jobs.

 

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