Tunisia's Job Market: The Numbers
24 April 2014
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The annual report on the Tunisian labor market, produced in November 2013, was presented Tuesday in Tunis, during the Day of the National Observatory of Employment and Qualifications (ONEQ) organized on the initiative of the Ministry of Vocational Training and Employment.
This report, produced for the first time by ONEQ, is part of the twinning project with the European Union and is the first synthesis report analyzing all information and indicators related to the employment market in Tunisia.
This first experience will be consolidated in the coming years by improving the content of the report and reducing the time it takes to produce it, said the observatory's director, Fakher Zaibi.
The report indicates that young people aged 15 to 29 are the most affected by unemployment and represent 72.2% of the unemployed in 2012, with a rate reaching 35.2%.
The unemployment rate in the 15-24 age group is high, the report specifies, reaching 37.6% in 2012. The report also notes that 2012 was marked by a decrease in the unemployment rate in all regions except the Tunis district (17.4%) and that despite this decrease, the southern and western regions of the country remain the most affected.
In 2012, the number of unemployed university graduates reached 174,900. Their unemployment rate reached 33.2% in 2012. The report also highlights that women are more affected by unemployment than men.
In 2012, the unemployment rate for women reached 25.6% compared to 14.6% for men. University-educated women are significantly more affected by unemployment than men: 43.5% compared to 20.9% in 2012.
The unemployment rate for women remains high in the Southwest (54.5%), Southeast (48.3%) and West-Central (45.9%) regions. The report indicates that in 2012, net job creation showed a strong recovery, but emphasizes that during the last six years, job creation has benefited men more than women.
Job creation for graduates is however insufficient and is declining.
Thus, during the last six years, it has shown a certain slowdown, even a decline since 2010 and even the recovery in 2012 was slight, the report points out.
Furthermore, university graduates account for more than 70% of all new contracts signed during the 2007-2012 period. The report also reveals that the number of beneficiaries of graduate employment programs is constantly increasing, except for 2009 (year of the global crisis) and 2011 (year of the revolution in Tunisia).
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This report, produced for the first time by ONEQ, is part of the twinning project with the European Union and is the first synthesis report analyzing all information and indicators related to the employment market in Tunisia.
This first experience will be consolidated in the coming years by improving the content of the report and reducing the time it takes to produce it, said the observatory's director, Fakher Zaibi.
The report indicates that young people aged 15 to 29 are the most affected by unemployment and represent 72.2% of the unemployed in 2012, with a rate reaching 35.2%.
The unemployment rate in the 15-24 age group is high, the report specifies, reaching 37.6% in 2012. The report also notes that 2012 was marked by a decrease in the unemployment rate in all regions except the Tunis district (17.4%) and that despite this decrease, the southern and western regions of the country remain the most affected.
In 2012, the number of unemployed university graduates reached 174,900. Their unemployment rate reached 33.2% in 2012. The report also highlights that women are more affected by unemployment than men.
In 2012, the unemployment rate for women reached 25.6% compared to 14.6% for men. University-educated women are significantly more affected by unemployment than men: 43.5% compared to 20.9% in 2012.
The unemployment rate for women remains high in the Southwest (54.5%), Southeast (48.3%) and West-Central (45.9%) regions. The report indicates that in 2012, net job creation showed a strong recovery, but emphasizes that during the last six years, job creation has benefited men more than women.
Job creation for graduates is however insufficient and is declining.
Thus, during the last six years, it has shown a certain slowdown, even a decline since 2010 and even the recovery in 2012 was slight, the report points out.
Furthermore, university graduates account for more than 70% of all new contracts signed during the 2007-2012 period. The report also reveals that the number of beneficiaries of graduate employment programs is constantly increasing, except for 2009 (year of the global crisis) and 2011 (year of the revolution in Tunisia).
Webmanagercenter.com
Posted online April 17, 2014.
