Unemployment ratio reaches 5.8 percent in FY17-18: PBS

January 11, 2019 (MLN): Pakistan Bureau of Statistics released survey on labor force 2017-18, according to which unemployment ratio stood around 5.8 percent in the country.

While the ratio of male unemployment stood at 5.1 percent, unemployment ratio in female stood at 8.3 percent.

As per the data released by PBS, agriculture sector provided 38 percent of employment in FY17-18, less than the 42 percent it was providing five years ago.

Industrial sector provided 23.7 percent of jobs in the said period, whereas the ratio was 22.6 percent five years back

Service sector provided jobs to 37.8 percent, a slight jump from 35.1 percent five years back

Furthermore, literacy rate in country stood around 62.2 percent, with literacy rate for male at 71.6 percent and female at 51.8 percent.

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