Q3 of 2018: Unemployment rate up 1.9%
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The share of self-employed people was 48.8% in the total employment data, said Geostat. Photo: N.Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The annual unemployment rate in Georgia increased by 0.1 percentage points and equalled 12.2% in Q3 of 2018, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
In the reporting period, the economically active population constituted 64.3% of the working population (population of 15 years and older).
The employment level has been reduced by 0.3 percentage points in Georgia’s urban areas, while in rural areas it has increased by 0.9 percentage points.
The share of self-employed people was 48.8% in the total employment data, said Geostat.
The unemployment rate is higher in men (by 1.7 percentage points) than in women. The unemployment rate in women increased by 0.9 percentage points and in men reduced by 0.7 percentage points.
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The annual unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 1.2 percentage points and equalled 12.7% in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018.
A stable national currency, increasing investments and five per cent growth await Georgia in 2019, Economy Minister Giorgi Kobulia said while addressing parliament today.
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13.3% of enterprises in Georgia introduced new or significantly improved goods on the market, while the share of enterprises that introduced new or significantly improved service in 2017 was 14%.
Over 30,000 Georgians employed through EU-supported programme
More than 30,000 Georgians have found employment and thousands have access to improved vocational education: this is the result of four years of cooperation between the European Union and the government of Georgia.
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In the second quarter of 2018 the annual unemployment rate in Georgia declined by 1.9 percentage points and equalled 12.1 percent, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The average monthly income in Georgia was 1,016 GEL (about $408.85/€348.77*) in 2017, shows the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
In 2017 the annual unemployment rate in Georgia declined by 0.1 percentage points and equalled 13.9 percent, shows the employment and unemployment annual data of 2017 of the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
What does last year look like in numbers?
The director of the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) Gogita Todradze summirised 2018 and highlighted Georgia’s main statistical data from the past year earlier today.
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The annual unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 1.2 percentage points and equalled 12.7% in 2018. Last year, the economically active population constituted 63.9% of the working population (population of 15 years and older).
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The annual unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 1.2 percentage points and equalled 12.8% in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 0.7 percentage points to 11.4% in the second quarter of 2019, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).