ArmInfo. The unemployment rate in Armenia, calculated by the new method, decreased in the second quarter of 2018 from 20.6% to 20.2%, and according to the old method - from 17.6% to 15.7%.
A year earlier, in the second quarter of 2017, the unemployment rate in Armenia was 20.5% by the new method or 17.8% by the old method. According to the RA Statistics Committee, the new calculation method does not take into account those employed in the household. According to the source, in January-September 2018, 82.2 thousand people were in search of work, with an annual decline of 7.2%, and the number of registered unemployed in Armenia was 66.4 thousand, with an annual decline of 9.8%. Of these, 44.2 thousand women turned out (with an annual decline of 9.6%), and 22.2 thousand men (with an annual decline of 10.3%).
In the reporting period, 1070 citizens were employed (annual growth of 59.5%) or 1.3% of the total number of job seekers.
As of October 1, 2018, the number of applications from employers was 3135 (an annual growth of 30.7%) with a load of 1 vacant place of 26 people. (a decline of 29.7% per annum). By the number of unemployed as of October 1, 2018, the leadership is held by the Shirak region - 12.5 thousand citizens, followed by the capital - 9.4 thousand, Lori region - 8.97 thousand and Kotayk region - 7.4 thousand, and Armavir region with an unemployment rate of 5.9 thousand became the leaders of the circuit According to the updated forecast of the Central Bank of Armenia, the unemployment rate in 2018 will be 16.6% with the prospect of annual decline of 0.2-0.3 percentage points - up to 16% in the medium term. According to the World Bank's forecasts, the unemployment rate in Armenia in 2018 will be 18.1%, and the poverty level (at purchasing power parity - PPP of $ 5.5) will be 38%, and based on PPP of $ 3.2 will be 9.8%.
According to statistical data, in 2017, the unemployment rate in Armenia was 17.8%, against 18.5% in 2016.