Spain’s May jobless falls 2.3% from April to 2.45 million

(Reuters) -The number of people registering as jobless in Spain fell 2.3% in May from a month earlier, or by 57,835, leaving a total of 2.45 million people out of work, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday.

Registered unemployment fell below 2.5 million for the first time since July 2008, the Labour Ministry added.

Spain gained 20,790 net formal jobs in May to 21.57 million, on a calendar-adjusted and excluding seasonality, a separate report from the Social Security Ministry showed.

(Reporting by Marta Serafinko in Gdansk, editing by Inti Landauro)