The distribution of the workforce by gender is 2 million and 869.7 thousand men and 1 million and 121.7 thousand women, representing respectively 71.9% and 28.1% of the working population.
For the first quarter 2015, the labor force is estimated at 4 million people, said an explanatory note of the INS about the evolution of the unemployment rate in Tunisia during the first half of 2015.
According to the same source, “at the second quarter 2015, the number of employed people amounted to 3 million and 386,300 thousand is divided into 2 million and 513.8 thousand men and 872,500 thousand women. Compared to the first quarter 2015, the number of employed is 3 million and 398.6 thousand, posting a decline of 12,300. “
The INS state that “the distribution of the employed by sectors of activity is as follows: 499,500 in the agriculture and fisheries sector, 629,100 in the manufacturing sector, 491 800 in non-manufacturing sector and 1 million and 765,700 thousand in the services sector.”
According to the results of the National Survey of Population and Employment of the second quarter 2015, the number of unemployed amounted to 605,100 of the total active population.
Therefore, the unemployment rate is 15.2%. For the first quarter 2015, the number of unemployed is estimated at 601.4 for an unemployment rate of 15.0%.
The unemployment rate is estimated at 12.4% for men and 22.2% for women in the second quarter 2015.
The number of unemployed higher education graduates is estimated at 212,400 in the second quarter 2015 and to 222,900 in the first quarter 2015, which respectively corresponds to an unemployment rate of 28.6% and 30.0%.
