PRISTINA (Kosovo), June 18 (SeeNews) – Kosovo's unemployment rate decreased to 26.5% at the end of the first quarter from 30.6% in the previous quarter, the country's statistical agency said on Monday.
The unemployment rate among women was 28.7%, as compared to 25.9% among men, the statistical agency said in a labour force survey.
The jobless rate in the age bracket 15-24 years remained high in the first quarter, at 54.0%. In the end of the previous quarter, the jobless rate in this age group was 55.9%.
Kosovo has a population of around 1.79 million.