In Ukraine the number of unemployed has increased to half a million people

In Ukraine, the number of unemployed has increased dramatically. Their number has reached the level of 501 thousand. This was announced by the State Employment Center.

There were 64% more unemployed than in the same period last year.

“The growth of unemployment registration occurred in all regions, most significantly in Khmelnytskyi, Zaporizhzhya, Poltava, Kyiv, Lviv and Transcarpathia regions (2.1-2.3 times) and Kyiv (3.5 times)”, –  the report says.

At the same time, the number of vacancies has greatly decreased. There are only 51 thousand of them. This is 40% less than the year before in the same period.