Q2 of 2019: unemployment down by 0.7%
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“In comparison to the same quarter of the previous year, the economic activity rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point, while the employment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points”, said Geostat. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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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).
In Q2 of 2019 the economically active population constituted 63.7 per cent of the working age population (population aged 15 and older).
In comparison to the same quarter of the previous year, the economic activity rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point, while the employment rate increased by 0.2 percentage points”, said Geostat.
In urban settlements as well as in rural settlements compared to the corresponding period of the previous year the employment rate increased by 0.2 and 0.1 percentage points respectively.
Geostat said that traditionally, the unemployment rate is higher in men than in women.
In Q2 of 2019 the indicator was 2.6 percentage points higher for men compared to the corresponding indicator for women”, said Geostat.
In addition, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.4 percentage points for women and by 1.1 percentage points for men compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
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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.
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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).
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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 increased by 0.1 percentage points and equalled 12.2% in Q3 of 2018, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
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In the third quarter (Q3) of 2019 the unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 1.1 per cent compared to the same period of last year and amounted to 11.1 per cent, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
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The National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) intends to change its methodology for computing unemployment in the country, said the director of the office Gogita Todradze.
The unemployment rate in Georgia decreased 1.1 percentage points to 11.6 per cent in 2019 in comparison to the year before, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Last year the economically active population constituted 62.9 per cent of the working age population (population aged 15 and older).
In Q3 2020 the unemployment rate in Georgia increased by 0.7 per cent compared to the same period of last year and amounted to 11.9 per cent, show data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).