September’s unemployment rate, insignificantly decreasing

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In September 2014, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was estimated at 6.9 percent, decreasing by with 0.2 percentage points as compared to the previous month, National Institute of Statistics informs.

The number of unemployed (aged 15-74 years) estimated for September current year is 637 thousand persons, decreasing as compared to the previous month (654 thousand persons).

According to the breakdown by gender, men’s unemployment rate is with 1.6 percentage points higher than that of women (the values concerned are 7.6 percent for men and 6.0 percent for women).

The same data reveal that the unemployment rate of adult persons (aged 25-74 years) was estimated at 5.6 percent for September 2014 (6.2 percent in the case of men and 4.9 percent in that of women’s). The number of unemployed aged 25-74 years accounts for 75.6 percent of the total number of unemployed estimated for September 2014.

Unemployment rate in the second quarter of 2014 was 6.7 percent, decreasing as compared to the previous quarter (7.2 percent). By sex, the gap between the two unemployment rates was 1.5 percentage points (7.4 percent for men as against 5.9 percent for women), while by residential area it was 3.7 percentage points (8.4 percent for urban area, as against 4.7 percent for rural area).

The unemployment rate reached the highest level (23.9 percent) among young persons (15-24 years).

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