The figure calculated for August (8.8 percent) represents a fall of 0.1 percentage points over the previous month and 0.4 percentage points less than three months earlier, according to INE.
The provisional estimate of the unemployed population was 442,000 people, having decreased by 2.1 percent (9,700) in relation to the previous month and 5.5 percent (25,800) compared to three months before.