Top-3 cities with the most number of unemployed young adults in Kazakhstan announced
The most number of unemployed youth is in Almaty - 16.2 thousand people, that is 19.3% of the total unemployed population at the age of 15-28 years throughout Kazakhstan.
Almaty, South Kazakhstan and Karaganda region lead the top-3 on unemployment among the youth, a survey of Finprom.kz reports.
In Kazakhstan, the number of youth who face employment issues increased by 4.5% over the year. That is 84 thousand people look for a job, that is 3.6 thousand higher than a year ago.
This year the unemployment level of the youth has resulted in 4.1%, compared to 3.9% in a year ago. The level of employed people increased by 1.1% from 1.97 to 1.99 million Kazakhstan people. Of which the number of hired employees increased by 3.8%, to 1.53 million, and that of self-employed decreased by 7.1% to 459.3 thousand people. The number of unemployed youth increased by 4.5% (plus 3.6 thousand) from 80.4 to 84 thousand people. The number of people outside the labour force is 1.43 million people against 1.42 million a year ago.
In a many-year dynamic downward trend of the level of youth unemployment is observed. Over the period of 2012-17, the unemployment level of the population at the age from 15 to 28 decreased from 5.4% to 3.9%.
The most number of unemployed youth is in Almaty – 16.2 thousand, that is 19.3% of the total unemployed population at the age of 15-28 throughout Kazakhstan. South Kazakhstan is in the second place where the number of unemployed people increased twice from 8.7 to 13.5 thousand people. The third one is Karaganda region, where 7.3 thousand young people are unemployed, that is by 3.2% higher than a year ago.
The smallest number of unemployed despite the growth is in North Kazakhstan region (1.6 thousand, 1.3 thousand people a year ago). In Astana the percentage of those who were able to be employed is by 13.6% higher from 6.8 to 5.8 thousand.
The highest level of unemployment among the youth over three months of 2018 was observed in Almaty – 6.5% (throughout Kazakhstan – 4.1%), a year ago – 6.7%. Then Karaganda region follows – 5.2% (5% - a year ago) and South Kazakhstan region – 4.8% (a year ago – 3%).
The smallest level of unemployment is in Zhambyl and Atyrau regions – 2.6% each. In the capital, the level of unemployment of youth is at 4.6%.
The sphere of wholesale and retail trade, car and motor bike repairing are of great interest to the youth – 337.3 thousand people. Then, agriculture, forestry and fisheries follow – 287.2 thousand young adults.
In the sphere of education, the number of employed or self-employed young adults is 232.3 thousand, as in manufacturing – 201.7 thousand people.
Construction is the fifth in the top-5 activity spheres of young adults. In this sphere, the number of employed people is 145.8 thousand.
Source: BNews.kz
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