Over 1.5 milion unemployed in Ukraine
02.12.2019 - 15:43
Over 1.5 million unemployed people were recorded in Ukraine in the first half of 2019, according to the Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture Tymofiy Mylovanov. Over 1.5 million unemployed people were recorded in Ukraine in the first half of 2019, according to the Minister for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture Tymofiy Mylovanov.
In a post on his Facebook page, he wrote: "The number of unemployed people aged 15-70 years, according to the State Statistics Service: 1,528,400 people in the first half of 2019, 1,578,600 people in 2018, and 1,847,600 in 2014”.
In 2018, the unemployment rate in Ukraine made up 8.8%, which is half that of Greece but higher than in Poland, where the figure made up 3.9%.
Source: Ukrinform
