PRISTINA (Kosovo), September 17 (SeeNews) – Kosovo's unemployment rate increased to 29.4% at the end of the second quarter from 26.5% in the previous quarter, the country's statistical agency said on Monday.
The unemployment rate among women was 30.6%, compared to 29.1% among men at the end of the second quarter, the statistical agency said in a labour force survey.
The jobless rate in the age bracket 15-24 years remained high in the second quarter, at 55.0%. At the end of the previous quarter, the jobless rate in this age group was 54.0%.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 edged down to 28.5% in the April-June period, from 28.8% in the first quarter.
Kosovo has a population of around 1.79 million.