The total number of those unemployed rose 11% to 380,300
people from the previous three months as more people entered the
jobs market.
The total workforce rose 1.1% from the previous quarter to
5.3 million people.
(Reporting by Maria Luiza Amaral and João Manuel Maurício,
editing by Andrei Khalip)
May 10 (Reuters) - Portugal's unemployment rate rose to
7.2% in the first quarter from 6.5% in the preceding three
months and from 5.9% a year earlier, the National Statistics
Institute said on Wednesday.
Still, the youth unemployment rate - encompassing those
between the ages of 16 and 24 - dipped to 19.6% from 19.9% in
the previous quarter and was below 20.6% registered a year
earlier.
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