The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Oecd) revealed its unemployment rate, which remained at 4.9% for the month of January 2023.
(Valledupar and Riohacha, with the greatest informality).
According to the entity, the figure was stable in 12 countries of the 38 that are part of the OECD; however, it remained near its record low in only seven countries including Canada, France, Germany and the United States.
Additionally, it is stated that the number of unemployed in the OECD countries fell to 33.2 million, also close to the historical minimum reached in July 2022.
However, among the January results, it is worth noting that the unemployment rate for women from the organization’s countries fell to 5.1%, compared to the 5.2% registered previously. In the case of the figure for men, the organization confirms that it remained stable at 4.6%.
(Women: economic gaps they face in Colombia).
However, they indicate that “Relative to men, the unemployment rate for women was higher in 18 OECD countries, with the largest gender gaps recorded in Colombia, Costa Rica, Greece, Spain and Turkey. By contrast, the unemployment rate for women was lower in 16 OECD countries.
Faced with this issue, Colombia stands out among the countries with the greatest gender gap. In this regard, according to data from the OECD, it can be inferred that the unemployment figure for women in the first month of the year was 14.5%, 0.6 percentage points above the figure for the previous month, which was registered in 13, 9%
Taking a look at the result of Colombian men, the organization’s figure for the first month of the year stood at 9.3%, being 0.3 percentage points lower than the record for December 2022, which stood at 9, 6% That is, the gap between men and women is 4.6 percentage points.
On the other hand, the entity stated that for the first month of this year, in Austria, Mexico, Hungary and Norway no gender gap was observed. In turn, they explain that these data remained stable in general terms for the youngest workers and those aged 25 or over.
Taking a look at the behavior of the unemployment rate in the European Union, the OECD assures that for this area, the figure remained stable and close to its historical lows, with a rate of 6.1% for the month of January 2023.
Similarly, for the Euro Zone this figure was 6.7%, once again a stable result.
(Gender imbalances in the rural sector of the country).
“The largest decrease was observed in Greece, where the unemployment rate reached its lowest level since December 2009, returning to the downward trend observed since January 2022. However, Lithuania and Portugal registered marked increases”explains the OECD.
However, outside of Europe, the unemployment rate fell in Korea and Turkey while also remaining stable in the other European countries. “By contrast, it increased in Australia and New Zealand,” they said.
The results show that in February 2023 the unemployment rate rose to 3.6% in the United States, while it was unchanged for the third consecutive month at 5.0% in Canada.
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