Unemployment Rate in Uzbekistan Falls to 6.8 Percent
TEHRAN (ANA)- The unemployment rate among Uzbekistan's working-age population has dropped below 7 percent, the country's Ministry of Employment and Poverty Reduction announced.
The unemployment rate among the working-age population in Uzbekistan has reportedly decreased from 10.5 percent in 2020 to 6.8 percent by the beginning of 2024.
In addition, the country's poverty rate fell from 17 percent in 2021 to 11 percent by Jan. 1, 2024.
The ministry also noted that in the first six months of the year, 113,000 unemployed people received professional and entrepreneurial training, 1.5 times the number from the same period last year.
Additionally, 10,000 people in Uzbekistan have been taught foreign languages since the start of the year, five times last year's number.
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