1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020 from the 23.1 per cent recorded in Q3 2018.
It said, “For the period under review, Q2 2020, the unemployment rate among young people was 34.9 per cent, up from 29.7 per cent, while the rate of underemployment for the same age group rose to 28.2 per cent from 25.7 per cent in Q3 2018.The NBS said the number of persons in the economically active or working age population increased to 116,871,186 from 115,492,969 in Q3 2018.
“Of this number, those within the age bracket of 25-34 were highest, with 23,328,460 or 29.1 per cent of the labour force.” “Of this number, 35,585,274 were full-time employed , while 22,942,003 were under-employed ,” it added.
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