Unemployment nationwide in December 2009 accounted for 7.8 percent, higher than the one reported a month earlier – 7.5 percent, according to information released by the National Agency for Employment (ANOFM).
On average, the unemployment increased to 6.3 percent in 2009, compared to 4 percent, as in 2008. The total number of jobless stood at 709,383 in December 2009, from 683,123 the total number in Nov. 2009. The annual average of the jobless number stood at 572,974 in 2009, the one in 2008 being of 362,429.