Unemployment in the Canary Islands reaches 34%

The number of unemployed people in the Canary Islands has risen during the first quarter of this year (2013) by up to 17,200 people. This represents an increase of 4.68% during this period and brings the total number of unemployed in the Canaries to 385,200 which represents 34.27% of the population. This places the Canary Islands third in Spain with the highest level of unemployment. Andalucia is top of the unemployment list with 36.87% of its population, followed by Extremadura at 35.56% and then the Canary Islands at 34.27% (7% above the National average of 27.16%.

Meanwhile, in the whole of Spain, the number of unemployed people increased by 237,400 in the first quarter of 2013 reaching 6,202,700 people (an increase of 1.14% when compared to the last quarter of 2012) this represents a 27.16% of the current population in Spain.