In moments where the employment and the unemployment It stands at 8.3% throughout the country, with around 156.6 thousand workers unemployed, he INE It revealed the situation by geographic residence, with values ranging between 12.8% as the maximum mark and 5.3% as the minimum record.
According to the report on Work market by geographic area of residence, which takes data between December and February, Black river It continues to be the most committed department, despite having registered a decrease of 0.2% compared to the last measurement.
Second, also with two digits, appears Leap, with an index of 12.4%, that is, a growth of 0.7% in unemployed workers. From behind they appear Thirty-three, with 11.8%, Artigas, with 11.2% (both with an increase of 1%), Paysandu, with 11.1% and Tacuarembó, with 10.9%.
Still above average appear Rocha, with 9.9% and a decrease of 1.8%, followed by Lavalleja and Peach (9.7%), Canelones and San José (both with 9%); Rivera (8.8%) and Florida (8.6%).
Meanwhile, below the national average there are Long Hill (7.4%), Montevideo (7.2%), Flowers (6.4%), Soriano (6.3%). There were changes among “the best in the class”, since Cologne climbed to 6.1% (up 0.9%) and Maldonado it remained with 5.3% (down 1.1%).
High informality continues to deepen in Artigas
On the other hand, the INE data reflected the level of unregistered workers at the social Security, being again Artigas which heads the ranking, with 54.5% of the total, with informality growing by 1.5% compared to the previous index.
Other districts with high numbers of informality They were Cerro Largo (45.2%), Tacuarembó (41%), Salto (36%), Rivera (34.3%), Treinta y Tres (32.6%) and Soriano (32.4%). A little behind were Rocha (30.1%), Lavalleja (28.8%), Río Negro (26.6%), Durazno (26.2%), Canelones (24%), Maldonado (23%) and Florida (22.2%)
Meanwhile, below the general average At the national level, of the 22.1%, only four departments appear: San José (21.8%), Flores (21.4%), Colonia (19.1%) and Montevideo (13.8%).
Source: Ambito
