The lack of work continues to hit the 14 to 24 year old age group, but also the 25 to 29 year old age group.
He unemployment continues to increase among young Uruguayans and rose to 27.1% within the age group from 14 to 24 years old, while in the group from 25 to 29 years old, the lack of work is around 10%.
The data comes from the latest differential labor market report prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE)corresponding to the month of January.
In it, it is detailed that the activity rate of the age group that goes from 14 to 24 years is 45.4%, that the employment rate is 33.1%, while the unemployment rate increased from 26.2% in December 2023 to 27.1% in January of this year.
At the same time, it is observed again that as one advances in the age groups, the unemployment It is declining: between 25 and 29 years old the rate is 10%; between 30 and 34 years old 7.1%; from 35 to 44 years old 5.2%; from 45 to 54 years old from another 4.4%; from 55 to 64 years old 4.2%; while from 65 and over 3.3%. However, it should be noted that the unemployment grew in all sectors by age.
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Unemployment remains higher among women
In addition to the age gap, there is also a gender gap between women and men, since the rate of unemployment female reaches 9.7% compared to 7.6% for males.
Likewise, the activity rate for women is 56.2% compared to 73.1% for men, and the employment rate is 50.7% compared to 67.5%.
The non-registration rate among women is lower than that of men, 20.2% to 24.2%, but the underemployment rate is higher: 10.9% versus 7.6%.
Source: Ambito
