The unemployment rate reached 15.6% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to 16.1% in the first quarter of the same year and 15.3% in the second quarter of 2022, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS).
The number of unemployed fell slightly to 638.1 thousand in the second quarter of 2023 from 655.8 thousand in the first quarter of the same year.
The unemployment rate of tertiary graduates reached 23.7% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to 23.1% in the first quarter of the current year, according to the same source.
The unemployment rate for young people aged 15 to 24 reached 38.1% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to 40.2% in the first quarter of this year and 37.2% in the second quarter of 2022.
