August 2024 unemployment rate in Bucharest stays below 1pct

As many as 9,831 unemployed people, including 5,590 women, were reported at the end of August 2024 by the Bucharest Employment Agency (AMOFM), which gives an unemployment rate of 0.78%.

As against July 2024, when the rate 0.79%, the August 2024 rate was down 1.27%.

Of the total, 1,616 people were drawing unemployment benefits, and 8,215 were not. By residential area, all 9,831 are from the urban area.

The unemployed with a high school education background have the highest share in the total number, at 36.16%, followed by those with higher education (26.05%), and 19.38% vocational school/arts and crafts graduates. The unemployed with a secondary education attainment made up 15.60% of the total, those with a post-secondary education background 2.28%, while those with a primary education or no formal education, 0.53%.

The composition of the registered unemployed by level of employability, established by profiles, is as follows: 1,686 persons very difficult to employ, 2,970 difficult to employ, 2,816 medium employable, and 2,359 easily employable.

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