The Central Bank calculated that in 2022 the number of registered unemployed fell from 295 thousand to 186.5 thousand people, and currently less than 100 thousand Ukrainians receive unemployment benefits.
Official unemployment rate in Ukraine has fallen to its lowest level in history. This was reported by the Central Bank press service.
Perhaps this is because many Ukrainians who went abroad after the full-scale invasion of the Russian army on February 24, 2022 have not yet returned. According to NBU data, the number of registered unemployed decreased in 2022 295 thousand to 186.5 thousand peopleIncluding 127.7 thousand women. Now I pay unemployment benefits to less than 100 thousand Ukrainians.
Thus, the official unemployment level in Ukraine fell to a historic low, with the number of Ukrainians receiving financial assistance during the year falling from 260.5 thousand unemployed to 89.8 thousand.
Employers’ need for workers to fill vacant positions decreased from 41 thousand to 21,2 thousand people. But the load per workplace increased from 7 to 9 people. The development of Ukrainian trade continues even during the war, so there are practically no problems with finding vacancies.
It should be noted that on December 1, 2022, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets said that after February 24, more than 14.5 million citizens left Ukraine, at least 11.7 million were from the European Union. At the same time, the total number of Ukrainian refugees seeking asylum abroad as of the end of November last year was about 7.9 million, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR.
Recall, on January 17, 2023, Economy Minister Yulia Sviridenko said that the unemployment rate in Ukraine is about 30% as of now. According to the official, 2 million citizens are looking for work within the country and 2.7 million people have gone abroad due to the war but are ready to return to work.
more Focus He said that from January 1, 2023, Ukrainians with unemployed status will receive a smaller amount of maximum unemployment benefits: UAH 6,700 instead of UAH 9,750 as in 2022.
Source: Focus
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