19.1% The Unemployment Rate during the third Quarter of 2019

19.1% The Unemployment Rate during the third Quarter of 2019

The Department of Statistics issued its quarterly report on the Unemployment Rate

during the third quarter of 2019. The following are the main results of this survey:

Unemployment:

  • The results show that the Unemployment Rate has reached (19.1%) during the third  quarter of 2019 ; representing an increase by 0.5 percentage points of the third quarter of 2018.
  • the Unemployment Rate for males has reached (17.1% ) during the third quarter of 2019 against (27.5%) for females .It becomes clear that the Unemployment Rate has increased for males by 0.8 percentage points and  for females by 0.4 percentage points compared with the third quarter 2018.

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