The male unemployment rate stood at 8.3, female – 6.6%, and over a quarter increased by 1.3 and 1.2 percentage points respectively. The youth (persons aged 15–24) unemployment rate stood at 18.3% and over a quarter increased by 6.4 percentage points.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, there were 116.7 thousand unemployed persons, which is by 19.2 thousand more than in the third quarter. The number of the long-term unemployed over a quarter increased by 8 thousand and totalled 36.3 thousand. The number of the unemployed aged 15–24 amounted to 18.7 thousand.
In October-December 2023, there were 1 million 453.5 thousand employed persons, which is by 18.2 thousand less than in the third quarter of 2023.
Compared to the third quarter of 2023, the employment rate of persons aged 15–64 stood at 72.9%, and over a quarter decreased by 1.4 percentage points. In the said age group, the male employment rate was by 0.1 percentage points lower than that of female (72.9 and 73% respectively). Over a quarter, the employment rate of persons aged 55–64 decreased by 0.6 percentage points and stood at 69.2%. The youth (persons aged 15–24) employment rate stood at 30.4% and over a quarter decreased by 4 percentage points.
In 2023, the unemployment rate in the country stood at 6.8%.
In 2023, the unemployment rate stood at 6.8%, which is by 0.9 percentage points higher than in 2022. The male unemployment rate stood at 7.3, female – 6.4% (in 2022, 6.4 and 5.5% respectively). In 2023, the youth (persons aged 15–24) unemployment rate stood at 13.8% and was by 2 percentage points higher than in 2022. Over the year, the long-term unemployment rate remained unchanged and stood at 2.3% in 2023.
In 2023, there were 105.5 thousand unemployed persons aged 15–74, of whom 13.5 thousand – aged 15–24. Over a year, the number of the unemployed increased by 16.2 thousand, of whom those aged 15–24 – by 2 thousand. The number of the long-term unemployed totalled 35.1 thousand (33.3% of all unemployed persons), which is by 0.1 thousand more than in 2022.
In 2023, the employment rate of persons aged 15–64 stood at 73.2% (a year‑on‑year decrease of 0.6 percentage points). In the said age group, the male employment rate stood at 73.7, female – 72.6%. Compared to 2022, the male and female employment rate decreased by 0.2 and 1 percentage points respectively. The employment rate of youth (persons aged 15–24) stood at 30.8% (a year‑on‑year decrease of 1.2 percentage points). The employment rate of persons aged 55–64 decreased by 0.7 percentage points and stood at 69.1%.
In 2023, the number of persons classified under the labour force totalled 1 million 546.6 thousand, which is by 36.5 thousand more than a year ago.
In 2023, there were 1 million 441.1 thousand employed persons, which is by 20.3 thousand more than in 2022. There were 84.3 thousand young (aged 15–24) persons employed, or by 2.1 thousand less than in 2022.
In 2023, there were 904.3 thousand economically inactive persons aged 15 and older, more than half (59.4%) of them were old-age pensioners and persons entitled to anticipatory old-age pension, 16.5% – students aged 15–24.
