PRISTINA (Kosovo), December 17 (SeeNews) – Kosovo's unemployment rate decreased to 24.5% at the end of the third quarter from 25.3% in the previous quarter, the statistical agency said on Tuesday.
The unemployment rate among women was 36.4%, as compared to 20.2% among men, the Kosovo Agency of Statistics said in a labour force survey.
The jobless rate in the age bracket 15-24 years remained high in the third quarter, at 48.9%. At the end of the previous quarter, the jobless rate in this age group was 49.1%.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 increased to 31.6% in the July-September period, from 29.8% in the prior quarter.
Kosovo has a population of around 1.79 million.