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Unemployment rate stands at 18.4 percent in first quarter of 2018

03-06-2018 07:39 AM


Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - Unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2018 stood at 18.4 percent, a rise of 0.2 percent compared to the same period of 2017, according to the Department of Statistics (DoS).

A report by the DoS said unemployment among males stood at 16 percent, while among females it was 27.8 percent.

The report showed that the rate among males rose by 2.1 percent while it decreased among females by 5.2 percent compared to the same period of 2017.




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