PRISTINA (Kosovo), December 17 (SeeNews) – Kosovo's unemployment rate increased to 30.7% at the end of the third quarter from 29.4% in the previous quarter, the country's statistical agency said on Monday.
The unemployment rate among women was 34.8%, higher than 29.5% among men at the end of the third quarter, the statistical agency said in a labour force survey.
The jobless rate in the age bracket 15-24 years remained high in the third quarter, at 55.0%, unchanged from the end of the previous quarter.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 edged up to 29.1% in the July-September period, from 28.5% in the prior quarter.
Kosovo has a population of around 1.79 million.