PRISTINA (Kosovo), April 2 (SeeNews) – Kosovo's unemployment rate slightly decreased to 29.6% year-on-year in 2018 from 30.7% in 2017, the country's statistical agency said on Tuesday.
The unemployment rate was higher among women, 33.4%, compared to 28.5% for men, the Kosovo's agency of Statistics said in a labour force survey.
The jobless rate in the age bracket 15-24 years remained high in 2018, at 55.4%. In 2017, the jobless rate in this age group was 55.9%.
About two-thirds of Kosovo's population was at working age (15-64 years) last year but just 40.9% of those people were economically active.
Kosovo has a population of around 1.79 million.