This rate recorded a sharp increase in urban areas, from 15.6% to 18.2%, and a decrease in rural areas from 7.2% to 4.8%, the HCP points out in an information note relating to the labor market situation in Q2-2021.

This rate increased moderately among men, from 11.3% to 11.9%, and women from 15.6% to 15.9%. It fell by 2.6 points among young people aged 15 to 24, from 33.4% to 30.8%.

Regarding graduates, the unemployment rate jumped by 2.2 points, from 18.2% to 20.4% between the second quarters of 2020 and 2021, says the HCP, noting that the rate of unemployment of senior graduates rose to 25.3% and the unemployment rate of mid-level graduates to 17.6%.

The number of unemployed people increased by 128,000 between the second quarter of 2020 and that of 2021, from 1,477,000 to 1,605,000, which corresponds to an increase of 9%.