Unemployment reaches 7.9%, highest level since 2021
- Unemployment climbed to 7.9 percent in the second quarter of this year, marking a significant rise in the number of people seeking work.
- Up by 0.3 percentage points from the same period last year and 0.1 points for the first quarter of this year, these data show 48.9 percent of the total population to be economically active while the employed workforce is 45 percent of the population.
- The 7.9 percent unemployment figure represents jobless people available for work and actively seeking employment as a percentage of the economically active.
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- Unemployment climbed to 7.9 percent in the second quarter of this year, marking a significant rise in the number of people seeking work.
- Up by 0.3 percentage points from the same period last year and 0.1 points for the first quarter of this year, these data show 48.9 percent of the total population to be economically active while the employed workforce is 45 percent of the population.
- The 7.9 percent unemployment figure represents jobless people available for work and actively seeking employment as a percentage of the economically active.
Sources: Batimes