According to the data of the first quarter of this year, 78.9 thousand unemployed persons aged 15 to 28 are registered in Kazakhstan. This is 17.8% of the total number of unemployed in the country, finprom.kz reports.
Over the year, this figure fell by 5.8%, while the youth unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% (a year ago - 3.9%).
In addition, the majority of young people aged 15-28 are looking for work in Almaty (15.7 thousand people), Almaty region (7.7 thousand people) and Turkestan region (6.4 thousand people). In turn, the number of employed young people aged 15-28 in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to 2 million people, which is 3.2% less than in the same period last year (2.1 million people). In particular, it decreased in Zhambyl (-22.4%), East Kazakhstan (-13.9%) and Aktobe (-11.3%) regions.
The largest number of employed youth in the Almaty region - 247.7 thousand people. In addition, the top three included Almaty (245.8 thousand people) and the Turkestan region (175.5 thousand people).
The largest number of employed youth is in trade (365.9 thousand people or 18.1% of the total), agriculture, forestry and fisheries (241.9 thousand people or 12%) and education (232.7 thousand people or 11.5%).