TIRANA (Albania), September 11 (SeeNews) – Albania’s unemployment rate decreased to 11.5% in the second quarter, from 12.4% in the like period of 2018, the national statistical office said on Wednesday.
The unemployment rate among men was 11.6%, while among women it was 11.4%, INSTAT said in a quarterly labour force report.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 rose to 61.4 % in the April-June period, from 59.2% in the comparable period of 2018.
During the second quarter of 2019, the unemployment rate among people aged between 15-29 years dropped to 20.9% from 22.6% a year earlier.
Albania has a population of 2.86 million.