PRISTINA (Kosovo), September 17 (SeeNews) – Kosovo's unemployment rate decreased to 25.3% at the end of the second quarter from 26.9% in the previous quarter, the country's statistical agency said on Tuesday.
The unemployment rate among women was 32.7%, as compared to 22.8% among men, 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 49.1%. At the end of the previous quarter, the jobless rate in this age group was 50.6%.
The employment rate among people aged 15 to 64 increased to 29.8% in the April-June period, from 28.2% in the prior quarter.
Kosovo has a population of around 1.79 million.