TIRANA (Albania), December 12 (SeeNews) – Albania’s unemployment rate dropped to 13.6% in the third quarter of 2017, from 14.7% in the prior-year period, the national statistical office, INSTAT, said on Tuesday.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 edged up to 57.7% in the July-September period, from 57.1% a year earlier, the INSTAT said in a quarterly report on labour force.
The unemployment rate among men was 14.3%, while among women it was 12.6 %.
During the third quarter, youth unemployment rate covering people aged between 15-29 years dropped to 26% from 27.4% a year earlier.
Albania has a population of 2.88 million.