Unemployment in the province of Castellón
This story shows the evolution of unemployment in the municipalities of Castellón, offering unemployment data by age, gender and sector.
As a result of the economic crisis that began in 2008, there has been a notable increase in unemployment, reaching the highest number of unemployed in 2013 with more than 667 thousand people.
However, after 2013 the rate of unemployed keeps going down year after year.
Men under 25 years old (2019)
Men between 25 and 45 years old (2019)
Men over 45 years old (2019)
Women under 25 years old (2019)
Women between 25 and 45 years old (2019)
Women over 45 years old (2019)
In 2019, the number of unemployed women is noticeably higher than the amount of unemployed men.
Only women under 25 years of age register a lower percentage of unemployment than men in this age group, although the difference is not very significant.
The sector with the highest rate of unemployment is services, followed by industry and construction.
The 2008 crisis had an effect on all sectors, but especially on the three sectors mentioned above; in industry and construction the rate of unemployment for 2009 is more than twice as high.
Industry and construction recorded the maximum number of unemployed between 2009 and 2010, while the rest of the sectors did so 4 years later.
Regarding the unemployed with no previous job, despite a significant increase between 2008 and 2009, the annual rate is more stable than for the rest of the sectors, always remaining between 40 and 50 thousand people.