The
unemployment rate
stood at
6.3%
in the last quarter of 2022, which marks a drop of eight tenths of a point compared to the previous period, as reported by INDEC this Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the
activity rate
was around
47.6%
and the
employment
rate was
44.6%
.
In the third quarter of 2022, the activity, employment and unemployment rates had stood at 47.6%, 44.2% and 7.1%, respectively.
In the fourth quarter of 2022, Cuyo was the region with the highest employment rate (46.5%);
and
Greater Buenos Aires, the one with the highest unemployment (7%).
Meanwhile, both shared first place in the activity rate (48.3%).
The unemployment rate was higher in
women
(6.7%) than in men (6%) during the period measured, while young people were the most affected.
On the other hand, the employed population that did work from home fell from 10.5% to 9.4% between the fourth quarters of 2021 and 2022.
Economic activity rose 5.2% in 2022
On the other hand, INDEC reported that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 5.2% last year.
In addition, the GDP of the fourth quarter of last year was 1.9% higher than that of the same period of 2021, while it was 1.5% below the third quarter of 2022.
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