Unemployment rate almost unchanged at 6.4 pct in March over February 2016

Newsroom 29/04/2016 | 12:03

The unemployment rate dropped slightly in March 2016 to 6.4 percent from 6.5 percent in February, according to data from the National Institute for Statistics.

The number of unemployed aged 15‐74 years estimated for March amounted to 592 thousand persons, decreasing as compared to the previous month (597 thousand persons), as well as compared to the same month of the previous year (613 thousand persons).

According to the breakdown by gender, men’s unemployment rate was 1.1 percent higher than that of women (6.9 percent for men and 5.8 percent for women).

The unemployment rate of adult persons (aged 25‐74 years) was estimated at 5.3 percent for March 2016 (6 percent in the case of men and 4.5 percent in that of women’s).

The number of unemployed aged 25‐74 years accounted for 77.2 percent of the total number of unemployed estimated for March 2016.

Natalia Martian

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