“The unemployment rate for male youth declined by 6.4 percentage points to 14.5 per cent, while the rate for female youth declined by 6.6 percentage points to 25.8 per cent,” Coy told journalists.
She pointed out that the overall employed labour force increased by 29,900 persons or 2.5 per cent to 1,244,500, over the 1,214,600 for April 2018.
Coy added that the number of employed males rose by 18,200 persons to 691,500, while the number of females in jobs increased by 11,700 to 553,000.
The total labour force increased to 1,349,900 persons, which is 4,000 more than 2018.
In addition, the number of males qualifying for jobs rose by 5,200 persons to 731,400, while the corresponding figure for females decreased by 1,200 to 618,500 in April 2019.
Coy said 736,900 persons were classified as being outside the labour force in April 2019.
The number was 4,800 or 0.7 per cent fewer than the out-turn in April 2018, and was predominantly males.
