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Central Organization
for Statistics…
Drop level of unemployment in Iraq to 15% in 2008
The Central Organization for Statistics and Information
Technology in the Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation declares
“that unemployment rates in Iraq had been witnessed obvious decline during 2008
compared with that recorded in the previous years”.
A press release issued by the publication and public relations Directorate in
COSIT demonstrates that unemployment rate for the population at the age of (15)
years and over reached (15%)... pointed out that the results had been
demonstrated by the employment and unemployment Survey which was implemented
during the year of 2008 at four stages and included (18144) households have been
distributed to all of Iraq's governorates, including the governorates of
Kurdistan region... the results showed that the unemployment rate decreased
through the four stages of survey implementation... As the rate of unemployment
between the population at the age of (15) years and over reached (18%) during
the first quarter of 2008, in the second quarter (16%) and at rate of (15%) in
the third quarter, while the unemployment rate in the fourth quarter was (12%).
The statement added, that rate of underemployment is meant (the workers who age
"15" years and over wished-for an additional or new work, that is the number of
working hours are few), has increased in the last four quarters, so the rate
reached (29%), while the rate during the first quarter reached(22%), then rose
up to (27%) in the second quarter , and rose in the third quarter to (28%), Then
continue the increase in the fourth quarter of 2008 to reach (30%).
And about unemployment rates among young people aged (15-24) years, “The
statement mentioned”: It was reached (30%) at the general level during the year
of 2008, so it’s reached during the first quarter (34%) then dropped slightly in
the second quarter reached (31%),then continued the decline during third and
fourth quarters to record (29%) and (26%) respectively.
The statement issued by COSIT also declared that employment rate of children
aged (5-17) years reached (6%), when reached at the first stage of the survey
(5%), then continued at (6%) in the last three stages.
It should be noted that the Central Organization for Statistics carried out the
employment and unemployment survey during the year of 2006 included (15228)
households, showed that the unemployment rate among the population age (15)
years and over was (17.5%) while among the young people aged (15-24) years about
(31%).
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