TIRANA (Albania), June 11 (SeeNews) – Albania’s unemployment rate dropped to 12.5% in the first quarter of 2018, from 14.2% in the prior-year period, the national statistical office, INSTAT, said on Monday.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 edged up to 59.2 % in the January-March period, from 56.3% in the same period of 2017, INSTAT said in a quarterly report on labour force.
The unemployment rate among men was 12.6%, while among women it was 12,3%.
During the first quarter, the unemployment rate among people aged between 15-29 years dropped to 24.5% from 26.6% a year earlier.
Albania has a population of 2.87 million.