in the land of The number of unemployed populations is slightly higher today. Although the number of unemployed people is less, this number has increased consistently at the end of the year. At present the total number of unemployed is 26 lakh 60 thousand.
This information came out in the report published by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) on Monday (January 6).
It is said that in the country The number of people who are engaged in work or participating in the labor force has significantly reduced the number of unemployed people. Recently, the third quarter of 2024 (July-September) published a labor force survey report by BBS.
The survey report said that the population engaged in work has decreased in all sectors, including agriculture, services and industry, with a significant rate of male unemployed in the area of women.
According to BBS calculations, in the country at the end of September 2024, in the country The number of male unemployed is 17 lakh 90 thousand. The number of women unemployed is 8 lakh 70 thousand.
In the same time of 2023, 16 lakh 40 thousand men were unemployed, and women were 850 thousand women unemployed. As such, 150,000 men are unemployed and 20,000 women are unemployed.
According to BBS, there are 5 crore 91 lakh 80 thousand men and women in the labor force now (in the third quarter), while the number was 6 crore 11 lakh 50 thousand in the third quarter of 2023. That is, the number of people participating in the labor force has decreased by 19 lakh 50 thousand in the span of one year, while 5.65 million 20 thousand people are engaged in work among the total labor force while the rest are unemployed.
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), the unemployed population is mainly those who have not even had the opportunity to work for one hour in exchange for wages in the last seven days. This student has been looking for work for the past one month, but has not received any work in exchange for the wages.
