The results of the national survey on population and employment for the second trio of 2021 resulted in a near-stable unemployment rate of 17.9% compared to 17.8% during the first three months, with the National Institute of Statistics registering 746.4 thousand unemployed in the first three years, compared to 742.8 thousand unemployed in the first three months.
Low number of workers
Unemployment rose by 15.4 percent among males and a 23.6 percent drop among females, the National Institute of Statistics said in a press release On 15Th Of 2021.
These statistics show that the number of people working in the second trio for 2021 was 3,406.9,000, compared with 3,428.8 thousand during the first three months of 2021, a decrease of about 2 1.9,000 workers, thus registering the total number of workers declined to its level during the second trio of 2020, with 2,416,000 male and 990.9,000 female workers.
The unemployment rate among holders of higher certificates also increased relatively by 30.1 percent compared to 2018 at 28.8 percent, and in the 15-24 age group it rose to 40.8 percent.
According to the national survey on population and employment for the second third of this year, unemployment is at its highest level in the western regions of the country and southern Tunisia by 4 to 12 points, compared with the national average of 17.9 percent.
This rise in unemployment is due in large part to the country’s health crisis, which has had a direct impact on the disruption of the country’s economic cycle.
Compared to the pre-health crisis, unemployment in the services and tourism sectors was 1.2 points higher than in 2019.
Activity rate drops to 47% during the second trio of 2021
Tunisia’s active population, through the National Employment Survey for the second trio of 2021, was 4,153.3,000, compared with an average of 4,171.6 thousand during the first three months of 2021, a decrease of 18.3 thousand. Thus, the activity rate decreased by 0.5 points compared to the first trio in 2021 to 47% during the second trio of the same year.
In the first three months of this year, the National Institute of Statistics recorded 4 million and 171,000 activists in the first three years, a slight increase of 13,000, or 47.5 percent, during the first three months of 2021.
Translated by Rifi-JDD
