A computer error has led to the unemployment statistics being posted online for a short while. They were not intended for release until Friday.
According to the newspaper ABC, who managed to grab the information, first quarter unemployment has increased by 286,200 to give a total of 4,612,700, 20.05% of the workforce.
The INE reported that an ‘incident’ resulted in the figures being ‘temporarily visible’.
At the top end of the scale are:
- Canary Islands – 27.68%
- Andalucia – 27.21%
- Murcia – 23.17%
- Valencia – 23.04%
- Ceuta, Baleares, Castilla-La-Mancha, Melilla – all above 20%
At the bottom end of the scale:
- Cantabria – 14.49%
- Navarra – 12.32%
- Pais Vasco – 10.91%