The number of unemployed persons amounted to 467,804.

The number of employed persons amounted to 4,081,787 persons increasing by 140,839 vs a year ago.

The number of persons employed amounted to 3,915,253, recording an increase by 8%.

The unemployment rate stood at 16% in January 2021, and fell from 16.4% in January 2020 and 15.6% in December 2020, which was corrected downwards.