Extremadura closes the first quarter of the year with 3.800 more unemployed persons, 2.7 per cent more than the end of 2016, which makes a total of 145,200 and a rate of 29.23%, among the highest in Spain, lower only than Melilla, according to the Labour Force Survey (EPA).
The EPA shows a drop in employment of 1.84%, bringing the total to 351,400 people.