THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In contrast to the national scenario, the state of Kerala has a larger number of women job seekers than men, a report said. The report was based on the statistics obtained from the Employment Exchange.

Out of the 37.5 lakh people who had registered with the Employment Exchange in 2019, 23.70 lakh are women which means that 63% of total job seekers in the state are women. The report also stated that there is a reduction of over 5 lakhs in the number of job seekers when compared to the number of job seekers before 8 years.