PRISTINA (Kosovo), June 19 (SeeNews) – Kosovo's unemployment rate decreased to 26.9% at the end of the first quarter from 31.4% in the previous quarter, the country's statistical agency said.
The unemployment rate among women was 31.6%, as compared to 25.4% among men, the statistical agency said in a labour force survey on Tuesday.
The jobless rate in the age bracket 15-24 years remained high in the first quarter, at 50.6%. At the end of the previous quarter, the jobless rate in this age group was 57.3%.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 edged down to 28.2% in the January-March period, from 28.8% in the prior quarter.
Kosovo has a population of around 1.79 million.