Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. XLVIII
No 33
15-August-2005
REGIONAL
Syria And Egypt Announce Official Unemployment Figures
The unemployment rate in Syria reached 12.3% in 2004 against 7.4% in 1994, according to recent statistics issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics, with the highest rate registered in al-Hasakah (26.5%) and the lowest in Damascus (4%). The bureau pointed out that these rates were calculated in September 2004, when the population census was taken, adding that unemployment...
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