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.