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8 hours agoStatistics Agency: Kosovo unemployment rate up
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)According to data from the Kosovo Statistics Agency (ASK), presented in “The Workers Power Index, the third quarter 2018”, shows that the unemployment rate in our country is 30.7 percent, or 0.2 percent higher than last year. The most pronounced unemployment is in women at 34.8% compared to [...]
The most pronounced unemployment is in women at 34.8%, compared to men, 29.5%. The most significant unemployment rate is among 15-24-year-old groups with 55.0%.
Within the working age population, participation rates in the workforce are 42 percent.
The employment rate at the Workers Power Survey (AFP), for the third quarter (TM3) 2018 was 29.1%.
The highest employment was among men (45.6%), while female employment was 12.6%. Women are employed, mainly in the education, trade and health care sectors, with 54.5 %s, while males are mainly employed in the trade, construction and production sectors, with 44.1%.
“According to the AFP results, at TM3 2018, the unemployment rate is 30.7%. Interactive power is high enough with 58.0 %, with special focus on women by 80.7 %, compared to men, 35.3%<18x1>, says the ASS communiqué.
While the economic sectors, which lead with employment, continue to be trade by 16.8%, construction by 12.3%, education by 11.5%, as well as production by 10.5%. Other sectors, however, participate at a lower rate in employment.
As for employees with contracts, 28.4% of employed persons have permanent contracts in their main work, while 71.6% have temporary contracts.
