Unemployment has fallen sharply in Lanzarote in the last quarter, more than 2 percentage points, from 14.48% to 12.43%, a figure not recorded since before the great recession of 2008, according to figures published by the Lanzarote Data Center, based on the latest Active Population Survey (EPA).
The current unemployment rate in Lanzarote is much better than the average for the Canary Islands archipelago, which stands at 15.25%, and is very close to reaching the national average, which amounts to 11.6% of the active population.
Good proof of this is the registered employment data, published by the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (ISTAC), which show that in the last quarter Lanzarote has added more than 700 jobs to a total of 64,795.
Jobs have increased in all municipalities except San Bartolomé (7,671 jobs) and Haría (1,127), where there are hardly any variations.
The municipality that has added the most jobs during the last quarter has been Teguise, where 228 more jobs have been registered between April and June, which places the Teguise municipality with a total of 9,356 jobs.
Next, Arrecife, where there are exactly 200 more jobs than there were at the end of March, the total for the capital is 22,818 jobs at present.
The third municipality that has created the most jobs in the last three months has been Yaiza, where there are today 155 more jobs to a total of 10,195.
Tías has been very close, with 132 new jobs created last quarter, with which its total amounts to 11,756.
For its part, Tinajo has added 28 new jobs to its registered employment figures to reach a total of 1,872 at present.
