Loss of 137,000 Jobs and 213,000 New Job Seekers!
27 March 2012
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The latest employment figures revealed by the national employment survey, published by the National Institute of Statistics (INS), show that the unemployment rate in Tunisia rose to 18.9% between the 2nd and 4th quarters of 2011. Compared to 2010, the number of unemployed in 2011 increased to 738,400 people.
The economic and social situation explains the loss of 137,000 jobs and the arrival on the market of 213,000 new job seekers. Job losses particularly affected the agricultural sector with 64,000 jobs, tourism with 16,000, and industry and services with 57,000 jobs lost. However, despite the difficult economic climate, the construction sector was able to create more than 3,000 jobs due to the proliferation of illegal construction.
The deterioration in employment statistics is indeed explained by the loss of nearly twenty thousand jobs following the cessation of activity of several factories and businesses that were looted or burned, and by sit-ins, strikes, and social demands.
The return to Tunisia of tens of thousands of Tunisian workers from Libya also explains this decline. In addition, about 80,000 new job seekers entered the labor market.
Kh.T
Africanmanager.com
Published March 27, 2012.
Posted online March 27, 2012.
The economic and social situation explains the loss of 137,000 jobs and the arrival on the market of 213,000 new job seekers. Job losses particularly affected the agricultural sector with 64,000 jobs, tourism with 16,000, and industry and services with 57,000 jobs lost. However, despite the difficult economic climate, the construction sector was able to create more than 3,000 jobs due to the proliferation of illegal construction.
The deterioration in employment statistics is indeed explained by the loss of nearly twenty thousand jobs following the cessation of activity of several factories and businesses that were looted or burned, and by sit-ins, strikes, and social demands.
The return to Tunisia of tens of thousands of Tunisian workers from Libya also explains this decline. In addition, about 80,000 new job seekers entered the labor market.
Kh.T
Africanmanager.com
Published March 27, 2012.
Posted online March 27, 2012.
