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Another notable feature of the job seekers
is that 8 of every 10 have been unemployed JOB SEEKERS BY EMPLOYMENT
for less than six months. Now, the percentage SITUATION. 2022 - % of total Chart 4.11
of structural unemployment (unemployed for
more than one year) increased from 6.9% in
2021 to 11.2% in 2022, according to the Job
Service register, but according to the Workforce
Survey data, this structural unemployment was
lower in 2022, at 8%. All in all, this stems from
a fairly flexible and dynamic labour market that
does not create major structural imbalances.

The percentage of foreign job seekers
falls to 56% of the total.

To complete the analysis of job seekers, the Source: Department of Employment & Work / Department of Statistics.
distribution by nationalities demonstrates that
there was a general decline in 2022, if slightly
greater among foreigners (-58%) than Andorrans (-49%). Among the foreigners, the Spanish are
still the largest group of applicants (122 individuals), with a figure that approaches the number of
Andorrans (178).

Consequently, the percentage of foreigners in the total number of job seekers has shrunk to 56%,
a similar percentage to that in the total estimated working-age population (55.9%). Equally, the
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Workforce Survey reflects the fact that in 2022, the unemployment rate of Andorrans fell 0.8
points to 3.5%, while the unemployment rate of foreigners fell 1.3 points to 1.1%, contrasting
with 2019, when the unemployment rates of both groups were very similar. Note that this
situation was also accompanied by significant differences in the inactivity rate of both groups.
Andorran economy: general developments | IV. Population, labour market and education
Specifically, the inactivity rate of Andorrans (32.7%) is more than ten points higher than that of
foreigners (24.3%). This can be explained by the fact that part of the foreign population returns
to their home countries when their work in Andorra ends or they reach retirement, or else they
undergo naturalisation.

3. Education

3.1. School population

In the 2021-2022 academic year, there were
10,887 students at school level, 23 less than STUDENT POPULATION BY LEVELS
in the previous year (-0.2%) and the lowest Table 4.3
level in the last eight years. This figure puts the % variation %
schooling rate – calculated as the proportion of 2021-2022 21-22/20-21 2021-2022
the school population to the global population Kindergarten 1,896 -5.1 17.4
at this level – at 65.4%. Primary education 4,099 -0.3 37.7
Secondary education 3,226 2.2 29.6
By levels, 84.7% of school students are in Baccalaureate 1,106 -1.4 10.2
560
Vocational training
7.1
5.1
kindergarten, primary and secondary education.
The other 15.3% study the baccalaureate and Total 10,887 -0.2 100
vocational training. The trend in the last academic
year was again marked by the reduction in Source: Ministry of Education and Higher Education.