Women make up 70.4% of unemployed in Armenia
There were 85.5 thousand unemployed people in Armenia as of July 1, 2015, including 58.1 thousand women (20.9 thousand young women), according to data of State Employment Agency.
There were 74.4 thousand job seekers – 87% of the total number of the unemployed. Unemployment among women remains high: 52.4 thousand or 70.4% of the unemployed.
The agency’s data shows that youths make up 24.2% of the unemployed or 18 thousand, while people with disabilities - 3.2% or 2.4 thousand.
People with higher and postgraduate education make up 13.3% of the unemployed, those with incomplete higher education and secondary education – 19.3%, people with vocational education – 6.1%, and people with secondary, specialized education and elementary education make up 61.3%.
People aged between 16 and 29 constitute 24.2% of the unemployed, people aged 30-44 – 40.1%, aged 45-54 – 20.7% and people above the age of 55 make up 15% of unemployed. 86.1% of the unemployed in Armenia are uncompetitive people whose number reached 64.1 thousand.
4,566 job seekers were provided with jobs in January- June 2015, including 2,992 women, 3,833 uncompetitive people in the labor market, and 1,205 young people.