The unemployment rate in Kuwait decreased by 0.04 percentage points (-1.89 percent) since the previous year. Nevertheless, the last two years recorded a significant higher unemployment rate than the preceding years. The unemployment rate refers to the share of the economically active population currently without work but in search of employment. The unemployment rate does not include economically inactive persons such as the long-term unemployed, children, or retirees.
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World Bank. (June 28, 2024). Kuwait: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/438871/unemployment-rate-in-kuwait/
World Bank. "Kuwait: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023." Chart. June 28, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/438871/unemployment-rate-in-kuwait/
World Bank. (2024). Kuwait: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/438871/unemployment-rate-in-kuwait/
World Bank. "Kuwait: Unemployment Rate from 2004 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/438871/unemployment-rate-in-kuwait/
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Kuwait: Unemployment rate from 2004 to 2023 [Graph], World Bank, June 28, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/438871/unemployment-rate-in-kuwait/