TIRANA (Albania), December 17 (SeeNews) – Albania’s unemployment rate decreased to 11.4% in the third quarter, from 12.2% in the like period of 2018, the national statistical office said on Tuesday.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 years rose to 61.5% in the July-September period, from 59.7% in the comparable quarter of 2018, INSTAT said in a quarterly labour force report.
During the third quarter of 2019, the unemployment rate among people aged 15 to 29 years dropped to 21.4% from 23.2% a year earlier.
Albania has a population of 2.86 million.