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Argentina Faces a Stubborn Jobs Challenge Amid Growth
INDEC reported a 7.6% unemployment rate in Q2 2025, down from 7.9% in Q1 but unchanged year-on-year. The survey covered 31 urban areas and nearly 30 million people. About 1.74 million Argentines lacked work, while 13.3 million held jobs. Informal workers made up 43.2% of those employed, leaving many without labor rights or social benefits. […]
Unemployment did not show large variations in the second quarter of the year, according to official data, since it closed at 7.6%, the same figure as in the same period of 2024 and only about 0.3 percentage points below the average of the previous three months.The data was published by Indec in its Permanent Household Survey (EPH).This report also indicated that employment amounted to 44.5 per cent, the same number as in the previous quarter and…
Unemployment remained stable at 7.6% in the second quarter, but the increase in unregistered work brought informality to 43.2% of those employed. Gender gaps and regional differences mark an uneven picture in access to employment. The labour market showed mixed signs in the second quarter of the year: the unemployment rate in the 31 major urban agglomerates remained at 7.6%, the same level as in the same period of 2024, although with a slight im…
Unemployment in Argentina fell to 7.6% between April and June 2025, according to Indec. The figure implies a decrease of 0.3 percentage points compared to the first quarter of the year and confirms a trend of improvement in the labor market. According to the agency, 1,091,000 people were unemployed in that period, 45,000 less than in the previous three months. The decrease is explained by the recovery of activity in different productive sectors …
Unemployment in Argentina reached 7.6% in the second quarter of 2025, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) this Thursday. From the figures it is projected that 1.7 million people suffered from lack of work during that period. The data published by the INDEC relieves the labour market in a group of 31 urban agglomerates. To achieve this calculation, account is taken of the estimation of the population and the perce…
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