However, some professionals argue that the actual rate is higher as the government includes those on its public work scheme in the figures.
The unemployment rate of 15–74 year-old men dropped by 1.3 pp to 4%, while the rate of women in the same demographics was down by 0.3 pp to 4.6%.
The average duration of unemployment was 17 months, according to KSH data. Some 44.1% of unemployed people had been searching for a job for one year or more, i.e. were long-term unemployed.
At the end of June, the total number of registered jobseekers had decreased by 4.1%, compared to the same period a year earlier, according to the administrative data of the National Employment Service.
