Peach It is the department with the most unemployment in Uruguaywhile Artigas It is the one that registers the highest number of informality.
The data comes from the latest report of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on the labor market by geographical area of residence corresponding to the moving quarter June – August 2023.
He unemployment in Peach reached 13.1% of the departmental population, meaning levels higher than those of the coast of the country, where exchange difference with the Argentina It is hitting labor sources.
TO Peach follows him closely Thirty-threewith 13% unemployed. Leapa coastal department that a few months ago established itself in first place, completes the podium with 12.3%.
Meanwhile, the unemployment in Montevideo reached 7.3% in that moving quarter, while in cannelloni was 8.5% in the period.
At the other extreme, the departments where the lowest percentage of unemployed was registered were Florida, Long Hill and Colognewith 5.3%, 5.1% and 5%, respectively.
Almost half of Artigas workers are not registered with social security
From the report it can also be verified that almost half of the workers of Artigas They are not registered with social security.
45.6% of Artiguan workers are in the informalityfollowed closely by those of Long Hill by 44.2%. Complete the podium Rivera, with 39.7% informal employees. All these departments have the particularity of having a border with Brazil.
As for those that register more formality, the first three positions are comprised of the departments of Cologne, Flowers and Montevideo, with 19.3%, 17.7%, and 14.1%, respectively. In cannelloniFor its part, 24% informality was recorded.
Source: Ambito
